Libbey's Princeton home, Thanet Lodge, also known as Greenholm, built in 1902, now home to the Lewis School of Princeton
Early lifeedit
He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey to William Libbey, Jr., a wealthy New York City merchant, and Elizabeth Marsh (Libbey).[2] As an undergraduate at Princeton Libbey was responsible for the adoption of orange and black as the school colors. During his freshman year he wore a tie, on a dare from classmate Melanchthon Jacobus, with the colors of William III of England, Prince of Orange-Nassau, after whom Nassau Street had been named in 1724, and later Nassau Hall in 1756.[3] The next year he arranged for the manufacture of 1,000 yards of orange and black ribbon and proceeded to sell it, from the Grand Union Hotel, at an intercollegiate regatta in Saratoga, New York as "Princeton's colors." After the Princeton crew team won, he sold out and orange and black have been Princeton's definitive colors ever since.[4]
Professoredit
Libbey graduated from Princeton in 1877 and that summer went on the Princeton scientific expedition to the West. It was there that on the afternoon of July 17, 1877, at 12:30 pm he reached the summit of Mount Princeton.[5] Following his summer in the West, Libbey studied in Berlin and Paris.[6]
Libbey returned and received his doctorate in geology in 1879, the first awarded by Princeton. In 1880 he was appointed as director of the Elizabeth Marsh Museum of Geology and Archaeology as well as an associate professor to teach physical geography.[2] In 1883 he was appointed as a full professor and continued to teach the physical geography classes.[2]
In 1897 Libbey was involved with the controversy concerning whether the Acoma people had once lived on Enchanted Mesa. After great exertion, he spent a couple of hours on the mesa top and concluded that nothing was there and that it had never been occupied. Subsequent work by archaeologists have shown that Libbey's conclusion was hasty.[7]
william, libbey, william, libbey, march, 1855, september, 1927, american, professor, physical, geography, princeton, university, twice, member, olympic, rifle, team, rose, rank, colonel, jersey, national, guard, also, known, first, ascent, mount, princeton, 18. William A Libbey III March 27 1855 September 6 1927 was an American professor of physical geography at Princeton University He was twice a member of the U S Olympic Rifle Team and rose to the rank of colonel in the New Jersey National Guard He is also known for his first ascent of Mount Princeton in 1877 He also competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics 1 William Libbey William A Libbey III Medal record Men s Shooting Representing the United States Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm team running deer single shots Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 2 Professor 2 References 3 External linksBiography edit nbsp Libbey s Princeton home Thanet Lodge also known as Greenholm built in 1902 now home to the Lewis School of Princeton Early life edit He was born in Jersey City New Jersey to William Libbey Jr a wealthy New York City merchant and Elizabeth Marsh Libbey 2 As an undergraduate at Princeton Libbey was responsible for the adoption of orange and black as the school colors During his freshman year he wore a tie on a dare from classmate Melanchthon Jacobus with the colors of William III of England Prince of Orange Nassau after whom Nassau Street had been named in 1724 and later Nassau Hall in 1756 3 The next year he arranged for the manufacture of 1 000 yards of orange and black ribbon and proceeded to sell it from the Grand Union Hotel at an intercollegiate regatta in Saratoga New York as Princeton s colors After the Princeton crew team won he sold out and orange and black have been Princeton s definitive colors ever since 4 Professor edit Libbey graduated from Princeton in 1877 and that summer went on the Princeton scientific expedition to the West It was there that on the afternoon of July 17 1877 at 12 30 pm he reached the summit of Mount Princeton 5 Following his summer in the West Libbey studied in Berlin and Paris 6 Libbey returned and received his doctorate in geology in 1879 the first awarded by Princeton In 1880 he was appointed as director of the Elizabeth Marsh Museum of Geology and Archaeology as well as an associate professor to teach physical geography 2 In 1883 he was appointed as a full professor and continued to teach the physical geography classes 2 In 1897 Libbey was involved with the controversy concerning whether the Acoma people had once lived on Enchanted Mesa After great exertion he spent a couple of hours on the mesa top and concluded that nothing was there and that it had never been occupied Subsequent work by archaeologists have shown that Libbey s conclusion was hasty 7 Libbey was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society 8 At the 1912 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal as a member of the American team in the team running deer single shots competition 9 Libbey died in Princeton New Jersey References edit William Libbey Olympedia Retrieved June 6 2021 a b c Geological and Geophysical Sciences Department of Princeton University Bearse Myrna 2005 Princeton Still Making History Indigo Custom Publishing p 7 ISBN 978 0976287575 Princeton s Colors The Orange and the Black Princetoniana Princeton University Merritt J I 1997 The Once and Future Mountain Princeton Alumni Weekly Princeton University William Libbey and the 1877 Expedition Princeton Alumni Weekly Princeton University Simmons Marc 20 May 2006 Trail dust The Enchanted Mesa myth or true tale The Santa Fe New Mexican Archived May 31 2008 at the Wayback Machine APS Member History search amphilsoc org Retrieved March 1 2024 William Libbey profile Olympics database Archived September 1 2007 at the Wayback MachineExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to William Libbey William Libbey and the 1877 Expedition Princeton Alumni Weekly Princeton University William Libbey Correspondence 1876 1925 Princeton University profile William Libbey Correspondence Princeton University listed correspondents Works by William Libbey at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp National Rifle Association of America Preceded byJames Drain President of the NRA1916 1921 Succeeded bySmith W Brookhart Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Libbey amp oldid 1211252678, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
