Cliff Hare - Notable Accomplishments

Notable Accomplishments

Specific highlights of Dean Hare’s career at Auburn follow:

• B.S. from API in 1891/ M.S. API in 1892
• Member of Auburn’s first football team, 1892, which played the first intercollegiate football game in the South against Georgia
• Masters studies at University of Chicago, late 1890s
• M.A. University of Michigan in 1903
• Worked in the establishment of regulations for eligibility requirements for student athletes at API as well as SIAA (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, which was at the time the only governing body concerning collegiate athletes in the south.) in 1906
• Served as the first president of the Southern Athletic Conference (the predecessor to the Southeastern Conference) in 1932.
• Began design of Auburn’s first golf course 1914.
• Active in the scheduling and administration of Auburn’s early baseball teams.
• Served as Chairman of API’s Faculty Athletic Committee for an untold number of years.
• Named Dean of the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy as well as State Chemist in 1932.
• Director of Bank of Auburn (presently Auburn Bank) from 1914-1948.
• Member of Auburn City Council 1917-1920.
• Served as interim Mayor of Auburn around 1919.
• Spearheaded a group of citizens to establish a medical clinic for citizens of Auburn who were not receiving medical care.