Winslow S. Anderson Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: WCA-028

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of presidential inauguration materials, correspondence, newsletters to overseers, annual reports, and the newspaper clipping of, memorial program from, and writings about his death. Also included are fraternity house contracts, Boundary Treaty Centennial information, and correspondence regarding the Inter-American program curriculum and funding.

Dates

1942-1987

Creator

Anderson, Winslow S. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Winslow S. Anderson was born July 28, 1898 in Portland, Maine. During World War I, he served as a chemical warfare officer. Anderson graduated from Bates College in 1921 with a degree in chemistry, and he went on to attend graduate school at the University of Minnesota. In 1925, Anderson became a chemistry professor at Rollins College in Orlando Florida, and in 1929 he became dean of the college.

In 1942, Anderson moved to Walla Walla to become Whitman College’s sixth president. As a wartime president of Whitman, Anderson was faced with the challenge of retaining male students during a difficult financial time for the college. Following the trend at other colleges, Anderson helped to bring the V-5 and V-12 naval programs to Whitman, which allowed students to pursue a liberal arts education while also training for military service. On November 13, 1948 Winslow S. Anderson died in Rochester, Minnesota at the Mayo Clinic, where he was receiving treatment for a brain tumor.