Jacob Gould Schurman
Jacob Gould Schurman (May 2, 1854 – August 12, 1942) was an American educator and diplomat, who served as President of Cornell University and United States Ambassador to Germany.
Jacob Gould Schurman | |
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Schurman in 1930 | |
| 9th United States Ambassador to Germany | |
| In office June 29, 1925 – January 21, 1930 | |
| President | Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | Alanson B. Houghton |
| Succeeded by | Frederic M. Sackett |
| United States Minister to China | |
| In office September 12, 1921 – April 15, 1925 | |
| President | Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | Paul Reinsch |
| Succeeded by | John Van Antwerp MacMurray |
| 4th United States Minister to Montenegro | |
| In office July 21, 1913 – August 18, 1913 | |
| President | Woodrow Wilson |
| Preceded by | George H. Moses |
| Succeeded by | George F. Williams |
| United States Minister to Greece | |
| In office October 17, 1912 – August 18, 1913 | |
| President | William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson |
| Preceded by | George H. Moses |
| Succeeded by | George F. Williams |
| Chairman of the First Philippine Commission | |
| In office January 20, 1899 – March 16, 1900 | |
| President | William McKinley |
| Succeeded by | William Howard Taft (as Governor-General) |
| President of Cornell University | |
| In office 1892–1920 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Kendall Adams |
| Succeeded by | Livingston Farrand |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 2, 1854 Freetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| Died | August 12, 1942 (aged 88) Bedford Hills, New York, U.S. |
| Relations | George Munro (father-in-law) |
| Children | 7, including Dorothy Schurman Hawes |
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