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Frank Palmer Speare (1869 – May 28, 1954) was the first president of
Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in ...
, serving from 1898 to 1940. He began the evening program at the
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that later became Northeastern. As founding president, he oversaw the launching of the university's evening law school, the now-defunct automobile school, the evening polytechnic schools, the school of commerce and finance, and the co-operative engineering school. In addition to being an educator, he was also a sailor, farmer, and music enthusiast. He composed songs ("Silver Bay, a Song of Vacation Days") and other music (the "Northeastern March"), plays (''Mystic Waters, or The Spirit of
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Frank Palmer Speare: Educational Visionary
Parr, Jessica. the online edition of a Northeastern University Libraries exhibition. Boston: Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, 2004. ''Contains numerous photographs plus biographical information.'' * Th

are located in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department, Boston, MA. 1869 births 1954 deaths People from Boston Bridgewater State University alumni Presidents of Northeastern University {{US-academic-administrator-stub