David Bryn-Jones (born 1883) was an

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minister, and

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Frank B. Kellogg Frank Billings Kellogg (December 22, 1856December 21, 1937) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of State. He co-authored the Kellogg–Briand Pact, for which he was awarded the ...

, who won the

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as one of the authors of the Kellogg-Briand Pact. Born in

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in 1883, Bryn-Jones studied

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and

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in the

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. Before leaving Britain for the United States, he served as lecturer at a Welsh university and as pastor of churches at

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and

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Bryn-Jones joined the faculty of

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, in 1920. At Carleton he taught history, economics, and political science from 1920 until his retirement in 1951. While at Carleton, he also served as minister at Trinity Baptist Church in

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, where he was the full-time minister beginning in 1927. Bryn-Jones' main interest was in contemporary relations among world powers. During his later years at Carleton, he was a founder and later chairman of a new academic department of

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and

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, in which he held the title of Frank B. Kellogg Professor of International Relations. In 1937 Bryn-Jones released the authorized

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of his personal acquaintance, former

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and Secretary of State

, who died that same year.

Legacy

Bryn-Jones was married to the former Marian Adams, a Carleton graduate who worked for the college for many years as a librarian. After her death in 2002, the college received a bequest of $1.4 million from the couple's estate.

Books by David Bryn-Jones

* ''Frank B. Kellogg: A Biography''. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1937. (Reissued in 2007: ) *''Toward a Democratic New Order''. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1945. 288 pages. *''The Dilemma of the Idealist''. Macmillan, 1950. 278 pages.

References

History of the History Department, 1875-1980
Carleton College website.
Leaving a Legacy
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