Richard Glenn Gettell (March 3, 1912 – August 14, 1988) was an American educator who served as the 12th President of

Mount Holyoke College Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of elite historically women's colleges in the Northeastern United States. ...

from 1957 to 1968. His mother, Nelene Groff Gettell (née Knapp), taught at Amherst High School from 1921 to 1923; the 1923

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was dedicated to her. His father was

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coach and political scientist Raymond G. Gettell. The family moved to

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in 1923 after Raymond was appointed head of the political science department at the

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, which he held until his death. Gettell served in the Merchant Marines, then attended

Deerfield Academy Deerfield Academy is an elite coeducational preparatory school in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Founded in 1797, it is one of the oldest secondary schools in the United States. It is a member of the Eight Schools Association, the Ten Schools Admissi ...

. He received his B.A. from

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in 1933, where he was president of its

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chapter, and his Ph.D. from the

in 1940. Before his appointment to Mount Holyoke, Gettell taught at

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Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...

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, and

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Richard Glenn Gettell Papers at Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College faculty Presidents and Principals of Mount Holyoke College Amherst College alumni Deerfield Academy alumni 1988 deaths 1912 births University of California, Berkeley alumni Educators from Hartford, Connecticut 20th-century American academics {{US-academic-administrator-1910s-stub

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