George Edwin MacLean (August 31, 1850 – May 3, 1938) was an American college administrator who served as president of the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (U of I, UIowa, or Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized int ...

and chancellor of the University of Nebraska.

Biography

George Edwin MacLean was born in

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, on August 31, 1850. He was an alumnus of

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(A.B. 1871, A.M. 1874, LL.D. 1895),

Yale Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges ch ...

(B.D. 1874), and

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(Ph.D. 1883). From 1884 to 1895 he was a professor of English language and literature at the

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. From 1895 to 1899 he was the sixth chancellor of the University of Nebraska. He became the eighth president of the University of Iowa in 1899 and served until 1911. He married Clara S. Taylor on May 20, 1874. MacLean died at his home in

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, on May 3, 1938.

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* 1850 births 1938 deaths Presidents of the University of Iowa Chancellors of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Yale University alumni Williams College alumni American expatriates in Germany University of Minnesota faculty Leipzig University alumni {{US-academic-administrator-1850s-stub