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Seth Low
Seth Low

Seth Low

American educator
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Seth Low (born Jan. 18, 1850, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 17, 1916, Bedford Hills, N.Y.) was an American municipal reformer, university builder, and philanthropist who, during his tenure as president of Columbia College (renamed Columbia University in 1896), transformed it from a small college on a crowded city block into a large university with an impressive campus on Morningside Heights. Low was graduated as valedictorian of Columbia College in 1870, thereupon entering his father’s prosperous...

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