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W.C.H. Prentice, (1915 - ) Rhodes Scholar, distinguished professor, college president. A graduate of Swarthmore College (High Honors) in 1937, he studied at Oxford University, before earning his M.A. and PhD from Harvard University ('42).

Following wartime service for the clandestine National Defense Research Committee, and several college and university teaching he returned to Swarthmore College in 1947, as professor, department head, and dean prior to serving as president of Wheaton College from 1962-75, president of Bryant & Stratton Business Institutes from 1974-79 (and vice-chairman from 1979-84). He received honorary degrees from Swarthmore, Stonehill, Wheaton and Hartwick colleges, and Southeastern Massachusetts University.

He served as a trustee of Swarthmore College 1978-82; Hartwick College 1980-89; Citizens Scholarship Foundation of America 1979-83, and the The College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) 1970-74, and chairman 1972-74. He was a science advisor to Research to Prevent Blindness, contributing editor to the American Journal of Psychology, a Guggenheim Fellow, Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and is the author of numerous academic and scientific papers.

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