Arthur E. Bestor: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
m Biography: wlink
 
(9 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown)
Line 1:
{{refimprovemore citations needed|date=July 2009}}
{{Infobox person
| name =Arthur E. Bestor
Line 5:
| image_size = 160px
| caption =
| birth_name =Arthur Eugene Bestor
| birth_date = 1879
| birth_place = [[Dixon, Illinois]]
Line 13:
| resting_place =
| resting_place_coordinates =
| residence =
| nationality =
| other_names =
Line 21 ⟶ 20:
| occupation = Educator
| title =
| salary =
| networth =
| term =
| predecessor =
Line 28 ⟶ 25:
| party =
| boards =
| religion =
| spouse = Jeanette Lemon
| children =[[Arthur E. Bestor, Jr.]]<br/>Mary Francis Bestor Cram<br/>[[Charles Lemon Bestor]]
| parents =
| relatives =
| box_width =
}}
'''Arthur Eugene Bestor''' (1879 &ndash; 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> {{Citation | title=A. E. Bestor Dies; Chautauqua Head | newspaper=The New York Times | publication-place=New York, New York | date=February 5, 1944 | url= httphttps://querytimesmachine.nytimes.com/memtimesmachine/archive1944/02/05/83964844.pdf?res=F70B1EFA3B54107B93C7A91789D85F408485F9 }}</ref>
 
===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]], from 1915 tountil 1944.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/independen79v80newy#page/n24/mode/1up Archive]</ref> He was a proponent of [[adult education]]. Under his twenty-nine year administration, the Institution grew from an assembly for teachers and ministers with modest facilities to a wide-ranging summer program with a [[symphony orchestra]], an [[opera]] company, a resident [[repertory theater]] company, and celebrated lecturers.
 
===Personal life===
He was married to Jeanette Lemon.<ref name=NYTobit/> They had three children:
*[[Arthur Bestor|Arthur E. Bestor, Jr.]].<ref name=NYTobit/> He was a distinguished professor of American intellectual and constitutional history, and an important critic of American educational practices.
*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 iswas a composer of contemporary classical music, a music educator, and professor of music (emeritus) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
 
===Death===
He died on February 3, 1944, in [[New York City]].<ref name=NYTobit/>
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Authority control}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bestor, Arthur E.}}