William Rankin Dill

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William Rankin Dill (born August 18, 1930) is an American academic administrator who served as the president of Babson College from 1981 to 1989. [1] [2] He graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and the Carnegie Institute of Technology. [1] Born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania he became a faculty member Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh from 1955 to 1965. [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 "William Rankin Dill". Bates College. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  2. College, Babson. "Growing into a Regional Player" . Retrieved November 10, 2018.