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Office of the President (Speare) records

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Identifier: A001
Overview Frank Palmer Speare (FPS) was named the Educational Director of the Evening Institute of the Boston YMCA in 1896. He transformed the loosely organized school into an institute for higher learning that eventually became Northeastern University (NU). He oversaw the launching of several of NU's early schools: the evening law school, the now-defunct automobile school, the evening polytechnic schools, the school of commerce and finance, and the co-operative engineering school. In 1916 the Evening...
Dates: 1896-1951

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  • Subject: Universities and colleges -- Administration X
  • Names: Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.). Office of the President (Speare) X