Arthur Twining Hadley, president of Yale University, records

Arthur Twining Hadley was born in New Haven, Connecticut on April 23, 1856. He graduated from Yale in 1876, and pursued graduate studies in political economy at the University of Berlin. In 1879 Hadley returned to Yale and worked as a tutor in Greek, logic, Roman law, and German until 1883. From 1883 until 1886 Hadley served as an instructor in political science under William Graham Sumner. In 1886 he accepted a newly created professorship in political science and, in 1891, went on to accept a professorship in political economy. In 1892 he was appointed as the first dean of the Graduate School at Yale, a position he held until 1895. In 1899 Hadley was elected president of Yale and became the first layman to hold that position. During his tenure, Yale grew into a great national university. Hadley died on March 6, 1930.

1856

Arthur Twining Hadley born at New Haven, Connecticut, son of Professor James Hadley, of Yale College, and Anne Twining Hadley

1868-1872

Attended Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Connecticut

1872

Entered Yale College

1876

Graduated Yale College, Valedictorian Class of "76

1876-1877

Studied history and political science at Yale College

1878-1879

Continued studies of history and political science under Adolph Wagner at the University of Berlin

1879-1883

Tutor in Greek, Latin, and German, Yale College

1883-1886

Instructor in Political Science, Yale College

1885

Published Railroad Transportation, Its History and Its Laws(earliest comprehensive study of subject to appear in the United States)

1880s

Called as an expert witness before the committee of the United States Senate that drafted the Interstate Commerce Laws

1885-1887

Commissioner of Labor Statistics, State of Connecticut

1886-1887

Lectured at Harvard on "Problems of Railroad Administration"

1886-1891

Professor of Political Science, Yale University

1887-1889

Associate Editor, Railroad Gazette

1891

Married Helen Harrison Morris

1891-1899

Professor of Political Economy, Yale University

1892-1895

Dean of the Graduate School, Yale University

1896

Published Economics - An Account of the Relations Between Private Property and Public Welfare

1898-1899

President of American Economic Association

1899

Inaugurated as first lay President of Yale University

1901

Published The Education of the American Citizen

1902

Delivered Lowell Institute Lectures on "The History of Academic Freedom"

1902-1903

William E. Dodge Lecturer, Yale University, on "Responsibilities of Citizenship"

1903

Pubished Freedom of Responsibility

1905

Appointed trustee of the Carnegie Foundation

1906

Delivered Kennedy lectures on "Standards of Public Morality"

1907-1908

Roosevelt Professor of American History, University of Berlin

1907

Published Standards of Public Morality

1909-1910

Acting Treasurer of Yale University

1910

Appointed Railroad Securities Commission Chairman

1913-1930

Member, Board of Directors of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad

1913

Published Some Influences in Modern Philosophic Thought

1914

Lecturer, Oxford University

1915

Published Undercurrents in American Politics

1919

Published The Moral Basis of Democracy

1920

Member of the Republican National Committee"s Committee on Policies and Platform

1921

Retired from presidency of Yale University

1922

Delivered Watson Foundation lectures on "Economic Problems of Democracy" in major cities of England

1923

Published Economic Problems of Democracy

1924

Addressed the World Power Conference on "The Relation of the State to Electrical Development"

1925

Published The Conflict Between Liberty and Equality

1926

Declined offer of the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator from Connecticut

1930

Died of illness in Kobe, Japan, during the course of a world tour