Howard Bagnall Meek | |
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Born | Howard Bagnall Meek October 30, 1893
Chelsea, Massachusetts |
Died | July 16, 1969
Pocasset, Massachusetts | (aged 75)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Educator |
Known for | Cornell University School of Hotel Administration |
Howard Bagnall Meek (October 30, 1893 – July 16, 1969 [1]) was an American professor who founded Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. [2] [3] He began teaching hotel management at Cornell during 1922, when the subject was part of the university's agricultural college, which operated its home-economics school, rather than a separate unit within the university. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Howard Bagnall Meek | |
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![]() circa 1925 | |
Born | Howard Bagnall Meek October 30, 1893
Chelsea, Massachusetts |
Died | July 16, 1969
Pocasset, Massachusetts | (aged 75)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Educator |
Known for | Cornell University School of Hotel Administration |
Howard Bagnall Meek (October 30, 1893 – July 16, 1969 [1]) was an American professor who founded Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. [2] [3] He began teaching hotel management at Cornell during 1922, when the subject was part of the university's agricultural college, which operated its home-economics school, rather than a separate unit within the university. [4] [5] [6] [7]