James Roscoe Day

Day and family in 1914

The Rev. James Roscoe Day, D.D., L.L.D. (June 7, 1845 – March 13, 1923) was an American Methodist minister, educator, and chancellor of Syracuse University.

Early life

Day was born in Whitneyville, Maine on June 7, 1845. He studied at Bowdoin College, and was in 1872 ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was pastor at Bath, Maine from 1872 to 1874; Portland, Maine from 1876 to 1878; Boston, Massachusetts from 1881 to 1882; New York, 1883 to 1885 and 1889 to 1893.

Syracuse University

Day became chancellor of Syracuse University in 1893. He was elected bishop in 1904, but declined the post to stay at Syracuse.

Day is credited with helping to greatly expand the University as several important buildings were constructed during his tenure including the Archbold Gymnasium, Bowne Hall, Carnegie Library, Goldstein Faculty Center, Lyman Hall, Machinery Hall, Slocum Hall, Sims Hall, Smith Hall, Steel Hall, and the Tolley Administration Building.

Writing

Day was an author, as well, and wrote The Raid on Prosperity (1907) and My Neighbor the Workingman.

Death

Day died in Atlantic City, New Jersey on March 13, 1923.^[1]

See also

• Archbold Stadium
• John Dustin Archbold
• List of Chancellors of Syracuse University
• List of Syracuse University buildings

References

1. "Dr. James R. Day Dies At Seashore. Chancellor Emeritus of Syracuse University Victim of Pneumonia at Atlantic City. Famous as a Defender of Corporations Against the Attacks of President Roosevelt". New York Times. March 14, 1923. Retrieved 2011-03-20.

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "^{article name needed}". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

External links

• "Chancellor James Roscoe Day Papers," Syracuse University Archives
• Obituary, The New York Times, March 13, 1923.