Samuel Broadus Earle

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Samuel Broadus Earle
Samuel Broadus Earle (Taps 1924).png
Earle in 1924
Born(1878-03-11)March 11, 1878
DiedMay 10, 1978(1978-05-10) (aged 100)
Burial placeWoodland Cemetery, Clemson, South Carolina
Alma mater Furman University (BA 1898, MA 1899)
Cornell University (MEng 1902)
OccupationProfessor
Known forActing President of Clemson College, 1919, 1924–1925

Samuel Broadus Earle (March 11, 1878 – May 5, 1978) was an American engineering professor who served as acting president of Clemson College (now University) in 1919 and from 1924 to 1925.

Earle was born in 1878 in Gowensville, South Carolina, to a Baptist minister. He was able to attend Furman University at a discount, and earned a bachelor's degree in 1898 and a master's degree in 1899. He then attended Cornell University, receiving a master's degree in engineering in 1902. Earle turned down offers from General Electric and Westinghouse to take a teaching position at Clemson College. He was promoted to professor and director of the engineering department in 1910 when Walter Riggs became president of the college. [1]

In 1919, Riggs was chosen to serve as a director of the Army's overseas educational commission in France for six months, and Riggs chose Earle to be acting president during his absence. Earle was again tapped to be acting president after Riggs' sudden death in 1924. Though his first stint as acting president was quiet, Earle's second term began with a walkout of almost a quarter of the cadets, citing substandard food and exacerbated by the dismissal of the senior class president on suspicion of consuming alcohol. [2] [3] The walkout lasted two days, but led to 23 students dismissed, 112 suspended, and 36 withdrawals. [4] In April 1925, the Agricultural Hall was destroyed by fire, with Earle and the faculty deciding to reconstruct the building for use as a new library. [3] Three months later, new president E. Walter Sikes arrived on campus, and Earle resumed his duties as engineering department head.

Earle's position was renamed Dean of the school of engineering in 1932, and he held that title until his retirement in 1950. In 1959, the new chemical engineering building was named in his honor. Earle died in 1978, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, on the college's campus. [5]

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References

  1. Duffy, 1998, p. 128–129
  2. Bryan, Wright (1979). Clemson: An Informal History of the University, 1889–1979. R. L. Bryan Company. p. 108. ISBN   0934870012.
  3. 1 2 Reel, Jerome V. (2011). The High Seminary. Clemson, SC: Clemson University Digital Press. p. 194. ISBN   978-0-9842598-9-2.
  4. Duffy, 1998, p. 136
  5. "Samuel B. Earle Presidential Records". Clemson University. Retrieved August 17, 2023.

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