Marion LeRoy Burton
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Marion LeRoy Burton (1874 – 1925 in Brooklyn, Iowa) was the second president of Smith College, serving from 1910 to 1917. He left Smith to become president of the University of Minnesota from 1917 to 1920.
In that year, he became fifth president of the University of Michigan, serving until his death from angina in February, 1925, following a heart attack in the fall of 1924.
He was also a minister.
In addition to the Burton Memorial Tower on the University of Michigan campus, and Burton Hall at the University of Minnesota, there is a school, Marion L. Burton Elementary School, named after him in Huntington Woods, Michigan, and another Marion L. Burton School in Berkley, Michigan.
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| Preceded by Laurenus Clark Seelye |
President of Smith College 1910-1917 |
Succeeded by William Allan Neilson |
| Preceded by George Vincent |
President of the University of Minnesota 1917–1920 |
Succeeded by Lotus Coffman |
| Preceded by Harry Burns Hutchins |
President of the University of Michigan 1920–1925 |
Succeeded by Alfred Henry Lloyd |
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