Education: New Man in Middletown

An old Connecticut college got a new president last week. When they heard the news, the students of small, liberal Wesleyan, in Middletown, took 39-year-old Victor Lloyd Butterfield on their shoulders and carried him up College Hill. He succeeds able, popular James L. McConaughy, who resigned last April to continue as president of United China Relief.

President Butterfield is the energetic son of the late Kenyon L. Butterfield. who was president of Rhode Island State College, Massachusetts State College and Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Wesleyan's new head was formerly...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!