Carl Stephens Ell (November 14, 1887 – April 17, 1981) was the second president of

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in Boston, Massachusetts from 1940 to 1959. He was born in

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on November 14, 1887, son of Jacob and Alice (Stephens) Ell. His education included an A.B. in 1909 from DePauw University, a S.B. in 1911 and M.S. in 1912 in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an Ed.M. in 1932 from Harvard University. He married Etta May Kinnear on June 10, 1913, and had one daughter, Dorothy. He began teaching at Northeastern in 1910, was dean of the School of Engineering 1917–1940, vice president 1925–1940, and president from 1940 to 1958. He remained affiliated with the university until his death on April 17, 1981. The university named two buildings after Ell: the Ell Center (now the Curry Student Center) and Ell Hall. During his presidency, he led the university through a period of physical expansion as well as the development of Northeastern's various colleges, the growth of its co-op program, student population, evening education, and educational status.

References

* Th
Carl Stephens Ell papers, 1912–1981
are located in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department, Boston, MA. * "Carl Stephens Ell" Obituary, Boston Globe, April 19, 1981, p. 1

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Photograph of Ell
from the Northeastern University Web site 1887 births DePauw University alumni MIT School of Engineering alumni Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni 1981 deaths Presidents of Northeastern University 20th-century American academics {{US-academic-administrator-stub