Eliphaz Fay (April 27, 1797 – March 19, 1854) served as the fourth president of Colby College (then called the Waterville College) in Maine.[1]
Eliphaz Fay | |
|---|---|
| Fourth President of Colby College | |
| In office 1841–1843 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Everett Pattison |
| Succeeded by | David Newton Sheldon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 27, 1797 Marlborough, Massachusetts |
| Died | March 19, 1854 (aged 56) Poughkeepsie, New York |
| Spouse |
Mary Helen Lee (m. 1829) |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
Personal life
editFay was born to Solomon Fay, and Suzannah Morse, a schoolteacher in Marlborough, Massachusetts.[2] Graduated from Brown University in 1821.[3] He married Mary Helen (Lee) on April 20, 1829.[2] His children were Susan Mary, William Wirt, Henry Harrison, Caroline Louise.[2]
Work
editFay had a career as a lawyer.[1] In 1832 he was the first principal of New Paltz Academy.[1] From 1833-1834 he published The Independence, a newspaper in Poughkeepsie, New York, which "advocate(d) the cause of Anti-Masonry, literature, science, temperance, morality and religion." Editor: Eliphaz Fay, 1832-1834.[4]
Elected President of Colby College in August 1841, after a year when the college had no president for the prior year. The enrollment was 76.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Burrage, Henry S (1904). History of the Baptists in Maine. Marks Printing House. p. 214.
- ^ a b c Dwight, Benjamin W (1871). The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass, Volume 2. J. Munsell. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ^ "Dr. Arthur Jeremiah Roberts, President of Colby College since 1908". Lewiston Evening Journal. Jun 25, 1920. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ The independence (Newspaper, 1832). [WorldCat.org]. OCLC 191286509. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
- ^ United States. Office of Education (1903). Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education. Government Printing Office.