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Homer Daniels Babbidge Jr. (May 18, 1925 – March 27, 1984) was an American historian who served as president of the University of Connecticut (1962–1972) and the Hartford Graduate Center (1976–1984). At age 37, he was the youngest state university president in the United States.
In December 1962 University of Connecticut President Homer D. Babbidge Jr. went before the Connecticut Legislature to advocate for a stronger research-oriented institution in Storrs. When compared to its peers, UConn spent less on bookbinding , periodicals , collections development, and had an overall smaller inventory of books.
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two benefactors. In 1893, the school became a public land grant college, then took its current name in 1939. Over the following ...
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Presidents of the University of Connecticut. Solomon Mead, Principal (1881—1882) [31] ... Homer D. Babbidge, Jr., 8th president (1962—1972)
Red Brick in the Land of Steady Habits: Creating the University of Connecticut, 1881–2006 (University Press of New England, 2006) – winner of the 2007 Homer D. Babbidge Jr. Award for "best book on a significant aspect of Connecticut’s history" from the Association for the Study of Connecticut History. [6]
A 40-year-old man has pled guilty to charges of stalking and harassing UConn women's basketball star Paige Bueckers, ESPN reports. Robert Cole Parmalee, of Grants Pass, Oregon, entered a guilty ...
The Law Library works closely with the University of Connecticut Libraries, which form the largest public research collection in the state of Connecticut. The main library is the Homer D. Babbidge Library at the Storrs campus. [12]