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 Flavel Sweeten Luther served as acting [[presidents|president]] and then president of Trinity College from 1903 to 1919. Flavel Sweeten Luther served as acting [[presidents|president]] and then president of Trinity College from 1903 to 1919.
  
-Born March 26, 1850 in Brooklyn, Connecticut, Luther matriculated at Trinity College as a sophomore when he was 17. Excelling in mathematics, he took first prize in that subject during his very first year on campus. Graduating at age 19, Luther taught at a parish school before becoming a deacon in the [[episcopal|Episcopal]] Church on November 2, 1871. Two years later, he took over as rector of a church school in Wisconsin. By 1876, he was professor of mathematics at Racine College in Racine, Wisconsin. +Born March 26, 1850 in Brooklyn, Connecticut, Luther matriculated at Trinity College as a sophomore when he was 17. Excelling in mathematics, he took first prize in that subject during his very first year on campus. Graduating at age 19 in 1870, Luther taught at a parish school before becoming a deacon in the [[episcopal|Episcopal]] Church on November 2, 1871. Two years later, he took over as rector of a church school in Wisconsin. By 1876, he was professor of mathematics at Racine College in Racine, Wisconsin. 
  
 [{{:luther_flavel_sweeten.jpg?350 |Flavel Sweeten Luther, ca. 1904. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34926820|Trinity College Archives]]}}] [{{:luther_flavel_sweeten.jpg?350 |Flavel Sweeten Luther, ca. 1904. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34926820|Trinity College Archives]]}}]
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 In 1922, Luther was elected to the Board of Trustees and moved to California, where he died in 1928. His widow, Isabel Ely Luther, received a reduced pension, though the College Trustees still paid her $1,600 annually until her death four years later. Alumni gave annually to a Luther Fund.  In 1922, Luther was elected to the Board of Trustees and moved to California, where he died in 1928. His widow, Isabel Ely Luther, received a reduced pension, though the College Trustees still paid her $1,600 annually until her death four years later. Alumni gave annually to a Luther Fund. 
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 +===== Preceded By =====
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 +[[smith_george_williamson|George Williamson Smith H’87]] 
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 +===== Succeeded By =====
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 +[[perkins_henry_augustus|Henry Augustus Perkins (acting)]]
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 +[[ogilby_remsen_brinckerhoff|Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby]]
  
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 [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4/|History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 220, 233, 253-254, 256, 264-267, 269, 271, 275-276, 279-282, 284.      [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4/|History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 220, 233, 253-254, 256, 264-267, 269, 271, 275-276, 279-282, 284.     
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3332&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], "Dr. Flavel S. Luther Dies in 78th Year," and "Dr. Flavel Sweeten Luther," 01/06/1928.  +[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29402266|Trinity Tripod]], "Dr. Flavel S. Luther Dies in 78th Year," and "Dr. Flavel Sweeten Luther," 01/06/1928.  
  
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