Biography of Livington Farrand


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Farrand, Livingston. Educator. Born in Newark, NJ, in 1887. He was educated at Princeton University (A. B. 1888, A. M. 1891) and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University (M. D., 1891). Studied also at Cambridge, England, (1891-92), and at Berlin (1892-93). He was instructor in psychology (1893-1901), adjunct professor of same (1901-93), and professor of anthropology (1903-14) at Columbia University. During 1914-19 he was president of the University of Colorado, and was chairman of the Central Committee of the American Red Cross 1919-21. In 1921 he was chosen president of Cornell University.