Paul Dwight Moody (April 11, 1879 – August 18, 1947), son of

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, served at South Congregational Church in St. Johnsbury, Vermont from 1912 to 1917 and as the 10th president of

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from 1921 until 1943. During his tenure, two of Middlebury's most important institutions, the Bread Loaf School of English and the

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saw growth in both quality and reputation. One of Moody's chief goals was the creation of a wholly separate women's college at Middlebury, as opposed to the semi-integrated system that had prevailed since women were first accepted in 1883. However,

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and

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ultimately stymied his efforts at segregation by gender. In addition to his position as President of Middlebury College, Moody was simultaneously Chairman of the committee that supervised the 1930 ''Survey'' that resulted in the ''Fourth Annual Report of the Eugenics Survey of Vermont'', published under the auspices of the

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. Middlebury College at the time had "extensive involvement in the eugenics movement," and had been teaching

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since at least 1914. Moody was also Chairman of the Committee for the Human Factor, which was "essentially a continuation of the Eugenics Survey."

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Time (magazine)

Past Middlebury Presidents
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