Timeline
- 1911 Birth in Hartford, Connecticut
- 1920 Living in Hartford, Connecticut
- 1925 Attends Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut
- 1934 B.A. from Jesus College, Cambridge
- 1937 M.A. in classics from Jesus College, Cambridge
- 1938 Ph.D. from Harvard University
- 1938 Begins as instructor at Columbia University
- 1940 Marriage to Julia Kernan
- 1942 Ends as instructor at Columbia University
- 1942 Begins Army Intelligence Corps in Italy during World War II
- 1945 Ends Army Intelligence Corps
- 1946 Assistant professor of philosophy and assistant to the dean of the College of Arts and Science at Rutgers University
- 1949 Promoted to Full Professor at Rutgers University and made provost to Robert Clothier
- 1949 Begins as panelist on Think Fast
- 1950 Ends as panelist on Think Fast
- 1951 Robert Clothier resigns and Lewis Webster Jones becomes president
- 1952 Begins tenure as judge on Two for the Money
- 1955 Ends tenure as judge on Two for the Money
- 1958 Vice Presidency of Rutgers University
- 1958 Lewis Webster Jones resigns in August
- 1959 Presidency of Rutgers University on May 6
- 1971 Retired from Rutgers University
- 1975 Mason Gross School of the Arts created
- 1977 Death in Red Bank, New Jersey
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