Archie MacInnes Palmer (1896-1985) was an American educator and academic administrator who served as 8th president of the

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from 1938 to 1942.

Biography

Palmer was born May 9, 1896, in

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, to Robert K. and Sarah G.(MacInnes) Palmer. Although he was a member of Cornell class of 1918, his college work was interrupted by the war from 1917 to 1920. He served as 1st Lieut. of infantry in the regular army in United States, France and Germany. He received his A.B. in 1920 from Cornell, an M.A. in 1927 from

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, and a D.C.L. from the University of the South in 1941. He began his career as the Secretary of the Liberal Arts College at Cornell and then as Acting Dean for three years. He worked in sales and personnel research and

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Company from 1923 to 1925. He had been Alumni Secretary at

and for a period served as Associate Secretary of the Association of American Colleges. At the time of his election as President of the

(UTC), he was Executive Secretary of the Cornellian Council of

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. After he left the UTC presidency, her served as Director of Patent Policy Survey, National Research Council from 1946. He was elected to honorary societies of

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, Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, and Pi Gamma Mu. He was a member of the

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, the American Committee of International Student Service, and the Executive Committee of the American Hungarian Foundation.

Works

* ''PATENTS AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH in Law and Contemporary Problems Volume 12, No. 4 (1947)'' pp. 680–694 * ''The Liberal Arts College Movement'' (1930) * ''Architectural Planning of the American College'' (1933) * ''College Instruction in Art'' (1934) * ''University Patent Policies'' (1934) * ''Administration of medical and pharmaceutical patents'' (Washington, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, 1955) * ''Nonprofit research and patent management organization'' (1955) * ''University research and patent policies, practices, and procedures'' (1962) He published various other works on university administration and was a contributor to scientific and professional periodicals.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Archie 1896 births Cornell University alumni Columbia University alumni Sewanee: The University of the South alumni University of Tennessee at Chattanooga faculty Presidents of the University of Tennessee system 1985 deaths 20th-century American academics