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George Augustus Gates (January 24, 1851 - November 20, 1912) was an American Congregational minister and university administrator. He was the president of Grinnell College from 1887 to 1900, Pomona College from 1902 to 1909, and
Fisk University Fisk University is a private historically black liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1866 and its campus is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1930, Fisk was the first Africa ...
from 1909 to 1912.


Early life

George Augustus Gates was born on January 24, 1851, in Topsham, Vermont. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1873. After studying in Germany for two years, he graduated from the Andover Theological Seminary in 1880, when he was ordained as a Congregationalist minister.


Career

Gates served as a Congregationalist minister in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, from 1880 to 1887. He was also the pastor of the First Congregational Church of Cheyenne, Wyoming, from January to November 1901. Gates was the president of Iowa College, now known as Grinnell College, from 1887 to 1900, and Pomona College in California from 1902 to 1909. He served as the third president of
Fisk University Fisk University is a private historically black liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1866 and its campus is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1930, Fisk was the first Africa ...
, a historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1909 to 1912. Upon his inauguration at Fisk in 1910, the university received $5,000 from the General Education Board. Gates was awarded an honorary D.D. degree from Dartmouth College in 1892 and an honorary LL.D degree from the University of Nebraska in 1893. According to ''The New York Sun'', "Dr. Gates was considered one of the foremost leaders in the higher education of the negro race."


Personal life and death

Gates married Isabelle Augusta Smith in 1882. He fell ill due to a "severe accident" in 1912, and died on November 20, 1912, in Winter Haven, Florida.


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* 1851 births 1912 deaths People from Topsham, Vermont Dartmouth College alumni Andover Theological Seminary alumni Presidents of Grinnell College Presidents of Pomona College Presidents of Fisk University American Congregationalist ministers 19th-century Congregationalist ministers 20th-century Congregationalist ministers 20th-century American clergy 19th-century American clergy {{US-academic-administrator-stub