Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Nelson Glenn McCrea
Professor, Columbia University
Centurion, 1918–1944
Proposed by
Gonzalez Lodge and George Meason Whicher
Gonzalez Lodge and George Meason Whicher
born
September 18, 1863
New York (Brooklyn), New York
New York (Brooklyn), New York
died
May 31, 1944
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
December 7, 1918
Age fifty-five
Age fifty-five
buried
Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn, New York
Century Memorial
Nelson Glenn McCrea. [Born] 1863. Professor, author. For 56 years teacher of Latin at Columbia, professor since 1903; prominent in his university’s affairs; Chairman of the Council on Research in the Humanities; long active in Phi Beta Kappa and in the College Entrance Examination Board; author of a volume of addresses “Literature and Liberalism,” recording his devotion to the classical ideals; exact scholar, inspiring teacher, loved by all who knew him.
Geoffrey Parsons, Secretary
Annual Meeting Necrology, 11 January 1945
