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  2. Francis Barton Gummere - Wikipedia

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    Gummere married Amelia Smith Mott (1859-1937) in 1882; she was a noted scholar of Quaker history. Their son Richard Mott Gummere was a professor of Latin and headmaster of the William Penn Charter School. Their second son Samuel James Gummere had a military career, reaching the rank of major. A third son, Francis Barton Gummere Jr., was an invalid.

  3. Gordon Tullock - Wikipedia

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    An example of rent seeking is when a firm, union, or special-interest group lobbies political actors (e.g., politicians or bureaucrats) to influence legislation in a beneficial manner. This can lead to moral hazard when politicians make policy decisions based on the lobby instead of the efficiency of the policy.

  4. John Gummere - Wikipedia

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    John Gummere (1784-1845) was an American astronomer and one of the founders of Haverford College in Pennsylvania. [1] He was born in 1784 near Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. [ 2 ] His son Samuel James Gummere (1811-1874) was the first president of Haverford College , and his grandson Francis Barton Gummere (1855-1919) was an influential scholar of ...

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  6. William Stryker Gummere - Wikipedia

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    After graduating from Princeton in 1870 at the age of 18, Gummere studied law at his father's office in Trenton and was admitted to the bar in 1873, the same year he received his A.M. from Princeton. Gummere received an honorary LL.D. in June 1902 from Princeton. In the Class of 1870s twentieth reunion book, Gummere said he was a Republican.

  7. Alumni association - Wikipedia

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    University of Florida Emerson Alumni Hall. An alumni association or alumnae association is an association of graduates or, more broadly, of former students ().In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools (especially independent schools), fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni from the same organization.

  8. Collegiate secret societies in North America - Wikipedia

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    The society was originally called the "Society of Societies" whose original intentions were to hold students accountable and enrich the lives of their peers and professors by calling out bad behavior, taking hooded walks called "CHI Walks" and hosting a bonfire at the end of each academic year called "CHI burning" where senior members would ...

  9. University of Virginia secret societies - Wikipedia

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    Secret societies have been a part of University of Virginia student life since the first class of students in 1825. While the number of societies peaked during the 75 years between 1875 and 1950, there are several newer societies and seven societies that have been active for more than 100 years, including Seven Society, Z Society, IMP Society, Eli Banana, T.I.L.K.A. Society, and The 13 Society.