Cooper D. Schmitt Note
This collection contains a handwritten excuse for a student absence from Cooper D. Schmitt, a well-known professor at the University of Tennessee.
Dates
- 1908 October 15
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
This collection contains a handwritten excuse for a student absence from Cooper D. Schmitt, a well-known professor at the University of Tennessee.
Biographical / Historical
Cooper Davis Schmitt (1859-1910) joined the University of Tennessee as assistant professor of mathematics in 1889, and served as head of the Mathematics Department from 1889 to 1907, and was made a full professor in 1892. Schmitt became dean of the College of Liberal Arts in 1907, though he coninued to teach classes. In 1910 he was stricken while lecturing in a classroom at South College and died a few hours later at his home on White Avenue.
A memorial plaque commemorating Schmitt's service as professor is located in the northeast stairwell of the Austin Peay Building, having been moved there from Science Hall when it was razed. A Melrose Residence Hall unit was named in his honor, and in 1968 the Cooper D. Schmitt Fellowship for study in international relations and world affairs was underwritten by a gift from the W. K. McClure Foundation. In 1987 the Schmitt family established the Cooper D. Schmitt Memorial Scholarships, which are available to outstanding undergraduates in the UT Mathematics Department.
Schmitt was married to Rose Evelyn Everly (1865-1915), and they had at least two children together: Bernadotte and Ralph. Bernadotte graduated in UT's class of 1904 and was UT’s first Rhodes Scholar as well as a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Arrangement
This collectin contains a single folder.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to Special Collection by Carl K. Hill in 1979.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository