Leo Stanton Rowe (September 17, 1871 – December 5, 1946) was the director general of the

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from 1920 to 1946.

Life

He was born on September 17, 1871, in McGregor, Iowa, to Louis Rowe and Catherine Raff. His family moved to Philadelphia and he attended high school and graduated in 1887. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a

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degree in 1890. He received his

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from the

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in 1893. He received his J.D. from the

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in 1895. He taught political science at the

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from 1896 to 1917. He was

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from 1917 to 1919. He was the director general of the

from 1920 to 1946. He died on December 5, 1946, in

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A now-digitized transcript at the

shows that the

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, feminist, and women's rights activist, Alice Paul, was one of his students, in the class he offered on Municipal Government and Institutions in the United States and Latin America.

Works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rowe, Leo Stanton United States Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury People from McGregor, Iowa 1871 births 1946 deaths Central High School (Philadelphia) alumni University of Pennsylvania faculty University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni University of Halle alumni