Frederick Charles Hicks
American university president
About Frederick Charles Hicks
Lived 1863 – 1953 (aged 89–90). Frederick Charles Hicks was an American.
Frederick Charles Hicks (January 1, 1863 – September 7, 1953) was an American professor of economics, later President of the University of Cincinnati from 1920 to 1928.
Biography Born in St. Clair County, Michigan, he graduated at the University of Michigan in 1886, with a PhD in 1890. After teaching at public schools of Michigan and Indiana, he was professor of economics at the University of Missouri from 1892 to 1900, when he moved to the University of Cincinnati, of which he became president in 1920. During his term as president, a number of buildings were constructed, including Swift Hall (1925).
Personal life On September 18, 1890, he married in Chicago to Verna E. Sheldon.
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American university president
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Frederick Charles Hicks was born in 1863.
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Frederick Charles Hicks died on 7 September 1953.
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