Eliphaz Fay (April 27, 1797 – March 19, 1854) served as the fourth president of

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(then called the Waterville College) in Maine.

Personal life

Fay was born to Solomon Fay, and Suzannah Morse, a schoolteacher in

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. Graduated from Brown University in 1821. He married Mary Helen (Lee) on April 20, 1829. His children were Susan Mary, William Wirt, Henry Harrison, Caroline Louise.

Work

Fay had a career as a lawyer. In 1832 he was the first principal of New Paltz Academy. From 1833-1834 he published ''The Independence'', a newspaper in

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, which "advocate(d) the cause of Anti-Masonry, literature, science, temperance, morality and religion." Editor: Eliphaz Fay, 1832-1834. Elected President of

in August 1841, after a year when the college had no president for the prior year. The enrollment was 76.

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The Evening of Life, written by Chaplin, and republished several timesPortrait of Chaplin
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