George L. Scherger

George L. Scherger graduated from Indiana University, studied at the University of Leipzig and the University of Berlin, and received his doctorate from Cornell. From 1899 until 1933, he was a professor of history at Chicago's Armour Institute of Technology (now Illinois Institute of Technology). mehr anzeigen Beginning in 1915, he also taught English and English literature at Columbia College in Chicago, later serving as dean of several departments and then as president from 1927 to 1929. He was a Lutheran pastor and a musician as well. weniger anzeigen