George Colby Chase, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge Colby Chase
American academic administrator
Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1844
Place of Birth: Unity, Maine, United States
Date of Death: 27-May-1919
Profession: university teacher
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About George Colby Chase
- George Colby Chase (March 15, 1844 - May 27, 1919) was an American intellectual and professor of English who served as the second President of Bates College succeeding its founder, Oren Burbank Cheney, from March 1894 to November 1919.
- Known as "the great builder," Chase constructed 22 new academic buildings and residential dorms on the campus of the college, tripled the number of students and faculty as well as quadrupling the financial endowment to one million dollars.
- Chase is notable for being the first and only alumnus of Bates to be elected its president.
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