After working at Columbia for a brief period of time, Sills returned to teach at Bowdoin in 1906, where he soon became dean. After a failed run for the United States Senate as a democrat in 1916, Sills became president of Bowdoin in 1918. He kept determined to keep the school close to its liberal arts curriculum and closed down its Medical School of Maine in 1920. In the early 1930s, Sills was recruited by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to commission a study on how the Bay of Fundy tides could harness electrical power and, from 1939 to 1941, he served as chairman of the board for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. After World War II, he served on the board of trustees of the World Peace Foundation. Sills served an unusually long term as president, finally resigning in 1952, widely regarded as one of the most prominent and amiable college presidents in Bowdoin's over 200-year history. Nevertheless, a published poet, he is perhaps best known today for having written the school's Alma Mater, "Rise, Sons of Bowdoin" which continues to be sung today more than fifty years after it was originally written.
^"Kenneth C.M. Sills Collection 1814-1978, n.d." George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
Further readingedit
Brown, Herbert Ross; Hawkins, Hugh (March 1965). "Sills of Bowdoin: The Life of Kenneth Charles Morton Sills, 1879-1954". The New England Quarterly. The New England Quarterly, Inc. 38 (1): 113–115. doi:10.2307/363896. JSTOR 363896.
kenneth, sills, kenneth, charles, morton, sills, december, 1879, november, 1954, eighth, president, bowdoin, college, third, alumnus, kenneth, sills8th, president, bowdoin, collegein, office, 1918, 1952preceded, bywilliam, dewitt, hydesucceeded, byjames, coles. Kenneth Charles Morton Sills December 5 1879 November 15 1954 1 was the eighth president of Bowdoin College and the third to be an alumnus Kenneth C M Sills8th President of Bowdoin CollegeIn office 1918 1952Preceded byWilliam DeWitt HydeSucceeded byJames S ColesPersonal detailsBornDecember 5 1879Halifax Nova ScotiaDiedNovember 15 1954 1954 11 15 aged 74 Portland OregonAlma materBowdoin College Contents 1 Life and career 2 Published works 3 References 4 Further readingLife and career editOriginally from in Halifax Nova Scotia in 1901 Sills graduated summa cum laude from Bowdoin where he was appointed to Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon He pursued graduate degrees at Columbia University and Harvard University afterwards nbsp Inaugural luncheon for President Kenneth Sills in Sargent Gymnasium Bowdoin College Brunswick Maine 1918After working at Columbia for a brief period of time Sills returned to teach at Bowdoin in 1906 where he soon became dean After a failed run for the United States Senate as a democrat in 1916 Sills became president of Bowdoin in 1918 He kept determined to keep the school close to its liberal arts curriculum and closed down its Medical School of Maine in 1920 In the early 1930s Sills was recruited by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to commission a study on how the Bay of Fundy tides could harness electrical power and from 1939 to 1941 he served as chairman of the board for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching After World War II he served on the board of trustees of the World Peace Foundation Sills served an unusually long term as president finally resigning in 1952 widely regarded as one of the most prominent and amiable college presidents in Bowdoin s over 200 year history Nevertheless a published poet he is perhaps best known today for having written the school s Alma Mater Rise Sons of Bowdoin which continues to be sung today more than fifty years after it was originally written Published works editThe First American and Other Poems Maine Encyclopaedia Britannica 12th ed 1922 References edit Kenneth C M Sills Collection 1814 1978 n d George J Mitchell Department of Special Collections amp Archives Bowdoin College Library Retrieved February 7 2014 Further reading editBrown Herbert Ross Hawkins Hugh March 1965 Sills of Bowdoin The Life of Kenneth Charles Morton Sills 1879 1954 The New England Quarterly The New England Quarterly Inc 38 1 113 115 doi 10 2307 363896 JSTOR 363896 Party political officesFirst Democratic nominee for U S Senator from Maine Class 2 1916 Succeeded byEarl NewbertAcademic officesPreceded byWilliam DeWitt Hyde President of Bowdoin College1918 52 Succeeded byJames S Coles Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kenneth C M Sills amp oldid 1168448181, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
