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FROM FRONT FLAP
of the American Council on Education and its
first president.
At the age of sixty-five, Dr. Cowling retired from
the Carleton presidency and, for nearly two dec-ades
more, continued to work successfully and
vigorously for a better life for other people. His
leading roles in the creation of the Mayo Memorial
Medical Center and of the Masonic Memorial
Cancer Hospital, both on the campus of the Uni-versity
of Minnesota Medical School, were high-lights
of this period. He was also an influential
trustee of the Menninger Foundation in Topeka,
Kansas.
All of these achievements and others are de-scribed
in Dr. Jarchow's biography of Dr. Cowling.
The book also reveals in intimate detail the nature
and philosophy of the man himself. Especially
striking was the consistency with which he gov-erned
his actions in accordance with his beliefs,
fashioning thereby an integrated and stable per-sonality.
Based in the main on Dr. Cowling's per-sonal
papers, the volume is a significant contribu-tion
to history and biography; it also is delightfully
readable.
DR. MERRILL E. JARCHOW was dean of men and
associate professor of history at Carleton College
from 1946 to 1967. Since that time, he has been
engaged in research and writing projects. Among
his published works are The Earth Brought Forth:
A History of Minnesota Agriculture to 1885 (St.
Paul, 1949, reprinted, New York, 1970); Carleton:
The First Century (Northfield, 1966), which he
co-authored with Dr. Leal A. Headley; and Private
Liberal Arts Colleges in Minnesota: Their History
and Contributions (St. Paul, 1973).
The portrait of Donald J. Cowling is
by S. Seymour Thomas.
Occasionally it happens that the right man is in the right place at the right
time and at the right age. This was true of Dr. Donald J. Cowling who was
President of Carleton College for thirty-six of its most formative years.
Merrill E. Jarchow has caught the real flavor of this remarkable man -
his boundless energy, his wisdom, and his sense of humor. These to-gether
with his capacity for hard work enabled Dr. Cowling to lead Carle-ton
College from a small country institution into one of the top liberal arts
colleges of his day when he retired in 1945.
That the College had achieved such eminence is reflected by the fact
that Dr. Cowling was a member of many national educational institutions
and was President of the Association of American Colleges and of the
American Council on Education of which he was a founding member.
This is an authentic Horatio Alger story which makes good reading for
anyone who appreciates the romance of achievement.
DR. LAURENCE M. GOULD,
president, Carleton College, 1945-1962
The high competence of President Cowling's long administration is clearly
shown in Carleton: The First Century, by Professors Headley and Jarchow;
and his many public interests and honors are summarized in Who's Who in
America, Volume 28, 1954-1955. The present biography by Professor Jar-chow
is welcome because it presents a more intimate view, based in part
upon the personal letters and diaries which Dr. Cowling kept throughout
the years.
IJONALIJJ.
COWLING
DR. LUTHER A. WEIGLE, SEE BACK FLAP
professor and dean, Carleton College, 1905-7916,
dean, Yale Divinity School, 1928-1949
a
$7.00
DONALD J. COWLING
EDUCATOR " IDEALIST " HUMANITARIAN
By Merrill E. Jarchow
The son of a part-time Bible Christian preacher,
Donald Cowling was born in 1880 in a simple stone
cottage in Trevalga, Cornwall - a hamlet located
in a region rich in Arthurian legend. So far as is
known, none of his forebears had particularly dis-tinguished
himself, nor been privileged to attend
an institution of higher learning. Yet from this
humble beginning, Donald - who was brought to
America in 1882- rose to become one of the great
college presidents in the United States during the
first half of the twentieth century.
Devoted to service, intelligent, and industrious,
with a flair for working with people and gaining
their admiration and respect, Dr. Cowling would
have achieved success had he turned to the minis-try,
the law, or even to business. That he chose to
spend thirty-six years at Carleton, transforming it
from a provincial Minnesota college into one
equal in quality to many of the best colleges in the
East, was Carleton's great good fortune. Such was
the strength of his commitment to Carleton that he
refused to accept attractive offers to the presi-dency
of several well-known universities.
During his tenure at Carleton, President Cowl-ing
made notable contributions to a number of
other organizations and institutions. The Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
found him a valuable source of help in revising its
pension plan for professors and in creating the
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association
(TIAA). The Congregational Churches of the
United States looked to him for leadership in
reorganizing their home mission societies and in
formulating a pension plan for their ministers -
the best such plan then in existence. He was an
early president of the Association of American
Colleges and the prime mover in the organization
Object Description
| Collection Title |
Carleton College Historical Documents Northfield History Collaborative |
| Title | Donald J. Cowling : educator, idealist, humanitarian |
| Creator | Jarchow, Merrill E., 1910- |
| Institution/Organization | Carleton College Library |
| Date of Creation | 1974 |
| College Era |
1945 - 1970 (Gould & Nason, Presidents) 1970 - 1987 (Swearer, Edwards & Porter, Presidents) |
| Publishing Agency | Carleton College |
| Physical Dimension (Height x Width) | 24 cm. |
| Physical Format | Books |
| Subject--Only for MDL use | Education |
| NHC Themes | Education in Northfield |
| Subject--LCSH | Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.) -- History |
| Subject--Local |
College students College teachers |
| Contributing Institution | Carleton College |
| Contact Information | Carleton College Archives, Gould Library, One North College Street, Northfield, MN 55057; http://www.acad.carleton.edu/campus/archives/index.html |
| Rights Management | We encourage the use these materials for research, teaching, and private study according to our Terms of Use, available at https://apps.carleton.edu/digitalcollections/about/terms/ |
| Local Identifier | Letter_to_Alice_1982.pdf |
| MDL Identifier | Cowling_1974.PDF |
| Date Digitized | 2010-05; 2011-01 |
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| Title | Book jacket |
| Transcription (FullText) | FROM FRONT FLAP of the American Council on Education and its first president. At the age of sixty-five, Dr. Cowling retired from the Carleton presidency and, for nearly two dec-ades more, continued to work successfully and vigorously for a better life for other people. His leading roles in the creation of the Mayo Memorial Medical Center and of the Masonic Memorial Cancer Hospital, both on the campus of the Uni-versity of Minnesota Medical School, were high-lights of this period. He was also an influential trustee of the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. All of these achievements and others are de-scribed in Dr. Jarchow's biography of Dr. Cowling. The book also reveals in intimate detail the nature and philosophy of the man himself. Especially striking was the consistency with which he gov-erned his actions in accordance with his beliefs, fashioning thereby an integrated and stable per-sonality. Based in the main on Dr. Cowling's per-sonal papers, the volume is a significant contribu-tion to history and biography; it also is delightfully readable. DR. MERRILL E. JARCHOW was dean of men and associate professor of history at Carleton College from 1946 to 1967. Since that time, he has been engaged in research and writing projects. Among his published works are The Earth Brought Forth: A History of Minnesota Agriculture to 1885 (St. Paul, 1949, reprinted, New York, 1970); Carleton: The First Century (Northfield, 1966), which he co-authored with Dr. Leal A. Headley; and Private Liberal Arts Colleges in Minnesota: Their History and Contributions (St. Paul, 1973). The portrait of Donald J. Cowling is by S. Seymour Thomas. Occasionally it happens that the right man is in the right place at the right time and at the right age. This was true of Dr. Donald J. Cowling who was President of Carleton College for thirty-six of its most formative years. Merrill E. Jarchow has caught the real flavor of this remarkable man - his boundless energy, his wisdom, and his sense of humor. These to-gether with his capacity for hard work enabled Dr. Cowling to lead Carle-ton College from a small country institution into one of the top liberal arts colleges of his day when he retired in 1945. That the College had achieved such eminence is reflected by the fact that Dr. Cowling was a member of many national educational institutions and was President of the Association of American Colleges and of the American Council on Education of which he was a founding member. This is an authentic Horatio Alger story which makes good reading for anyone who appreciates the romance of achievement. DR. LAURENCE M. GOULD, president, Carleton College, 1945-1962 The high competence of President Cowling's long administration is clearly shown in Carleton: The First Century, by Professors Headley and Jarchow; and his many public interests and honors are summarized in Who's Who in America, Volume 28, 1954-1955. The present biography by Professor Jar-chow is welcome because it presents a more intimate view, based in part upon the personal letters and diaries which Dr. Cowling kept throughout the years. IJONALIJJ. COWLING DR. LUTHER A. WEIGLE, SEE BACK FLAP professor and dean, Carleton College, 1905-7916, dean, Yale Divinity School, 1928-1949 a $7.00 DONALD J. COWLING EDUCATOR " IDEALIST " HUMANITARIAN By Merrill E. Jarchow The son of a part-time Bible Christian preacher, Donald Cowling was born in 1880 in a simple stone cottage in Trevalga, Cornwall - a hamlet located in a region rich in Arthurian legend. So far as is known, none of his forebears had particularly dis-tinguished himself, nor been privileged to attend an institution of higher learning. Yet from this humble beginning, Donald - who was brought to America in 1882- rose to become one of the great college presidents in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. Devoted to service, intelligent, and industrious, with a flair for working with people and gaining their admiration and respect, Dr. Cowling would have achieved success had he turned to the minis-try, the law, or even to business. That he chose to spend thirty-six years at Carleton, transforming it from a provincial Minnesota college into one equal in quality to many of the best colleges in the East, was Carleton's great good fortune. Such was the strength of his commitment to Carleton that he refused to accept attractive offers to the presi-dency of several well-known universities. During his tenure at Carleton, President Cowl-ing made notable contributions to a number of other organizations and institutions. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching found him a valuable source of help in revising its pension plan for professors and in creating the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA). The Congregational Churches of the United States looked to him for leadership in reorganizing their home mission societies and in formulating a pension plan for their ministers - the best such plan then in existence. He was an early president of the Association of American Colleges and the prime mover in the organization |
