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Alan Chester Valentine (born February 23, 1901 - died July 14, 1980) competed on the gold-medal winning American rugby union team in the 1924 Summer Olympics. Rugby union has been a men's medal sport at the modern Summer Olympic Games, being played at four of the first seven competitions The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Rugby union was played at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Three teams entered - France Romania and the United States Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in
Biography
Born in Glen Cove, New York to a Quaker family, Valentine obtained a his B. Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. A. degree at Swarthmore College and then a M. Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1500 students A. degree at Balliol College of Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes scholar redirects here Rhodes Scholar redirects here Rhodes scholars In 1924, he played for and coached the American 1924 Olympic champion Rugby team. Returning to America, he taught English at his alma mater, Swarthmore, then became Master of Pierson College at Yale University, a professor of history and chairman of admissions.
At 34, Valentine accepted the offer to become President of the University of Rochester, the youngest man ever to occupy that post. The University of Rochester ( U of R UR) is a private, nonsectarian Coeducational Research University located in Rochester In Rochester, Alan Valentine lived with his family at the George Eastman House from 1935 to 1948, after which the House was established as an International Museum of Photography. The George Eastman House is the world's oldest Photography Museum and one of the world's oldest Film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in Rochester Valentine resigned as university president in November 1949.
He had previously taken a year's leave of absence to head up the Marshall Plan in The Netherlands. In October 1950, President Harry S. Truman picked him to head up the new Economic Stabilization Agency, where he would confront some of the most important industrialists of the age.
Later, Valentine wrote his memoirs "Trial Balance" about the England he had known as a Rhodes Scholar three decades earlier. He wrote scholarly biographies of Lords Germain, North, and Stirling, and also penned a number of popular paperbacks under a pseudonym.
Valentine died July 14, 1980 at the Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockland, Maine. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Rockland is a city in Knox County, Maine, in the United States. He was 79 years old and lived in North Haven, Maine and Princeton, New Jersey. North Haven may refer to Places in Australia North Haven South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide North Haven New South Wales, a small The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean See also Princeton Township New Jersey, Borough of Princeton New Jersey Princeton Borough New Jersey Princeton Township New Jersey this
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| Preceded by Benjamin Rush Rhees |
President of University of Rochester 1935 – 1950 |
Succeeded by Cornelis de Kiewiet |
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| NAME | Valentine, Alan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American Rugby player, University President |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glen Cove, New York, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1980 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Rockland, Maine, USA |
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