Frederick L. Hovde
Frederick Lawson Hovde (7 February 1908 – 1 March 1983) was an American chemical engineer, researcher, educator and president of Purdue University.
Frederick L. Hovde | |
|---|---|
| 7th President of the Purdue University System | |
| In office 1 January 1946 – 24 June 1971 | |
| Preceded by | Andrey A. Potter (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Arthur G. Hansen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 7, 1908 |
| Died | March 1, 1983 (aged 75) |
Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, Hovde received his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, where he played on the football team. Elected to a Rhodes Scholarship, he spent three years at Oxford University where he received two degrees in chemistry. While at Oxford, he was a member of the varsity rugby football team and in 1931 he became the third American in history to win his Oxford blue in the annual Oxford-Cambridge rugby union match.
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