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| birth_name =Arthur Eugene Bestor
| birth_date = 1879
| birth_place = [[Dixon, Illinois]]
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| occupation = Educator
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| spouse = Jeanette Lemon
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'''Arthur Eugene Bestor''' (1879 – February 3, 1944) was an educator. He served as the President of [[Chautauqua Institution]] in [[Chautauqua, New York]], from 1915 to his death in 1944.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Arthur Eugene Bestor was born in 1879 in [[Dixon, Illinois]].<ref name=NYTobit>
===Career===
Bestor became assistant director of the [[Chautauqua Institution]] in 1905. Two years later, in 1907, he became director.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/314811003/?terms=A.%2BE.%2BBESTOR%2BDIES] Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida), 8th Feb 1944</ref> Since 1915, he served as the President of [[Chautauqua Institution]] in [[Chautauqua, New York]],
===Personal life===
He was married to Jeanette Lemon.<ref name=NYTobit/> They had three children:
*[[Arthur Bestor|Arthur E. Bestor
*Mary Francis Bestor Cram.<ref name=NYTobit/> She was a leader of lay organizations in the American Baptist Church and the Young Women's Christian Association, serving as president of the U.S. organization.
*[[Charles Lemon Bestor]].<ref name=NYTobit/> He
===Death===
He died on February 3, 1944, in [[New York City]].<ref name=NYTobit/>
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