Theodore A. Distler (1899- 1991) was president emeritus of Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster He held the presidency from 1941 to 1954. Later he was executive director of the Association of American Colleges in Washington, which named him president emeritus in 1965. For two years he was president of the Commission for Independent Colleges and Universities in Harrisburg, Pa. He was interim president of Lancaster Theological Seminary in 1969-70.
Mr. Distler, who was born in Brooklyn, attended Brown University. After service with the Naval Reserve, he graduated in 1922 from New York University, where he also received an M.A. and a Ph.D. He was a member of the N.Y.U. faculty until 1934, when he became dean of Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., a post he held until 1941.
Lester Eugene Denonn (1902-1985), was a Manhattan lawyer for 45 years and a scholar of philosophy. He was a Brooklyn native, earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a law degree from New York University, and a master's degree in philosophy from Cornell University. His photo is on page 90.
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Mitchell Salem Fisher (1903/1904 – March 19, 1990) was an American rabbi who resigned from his active rabbinic position in 1930 because of what he described as "institutional restraint" and a separation between preachers and issues in the world. After his resignation, Fisher became a lawyer with a specialization in marriage law. He worked for the Anti-Nazi League in opposition , served as counsel to the New York Board of Rabbis, and played a significant role in the development of family law in New York.
He graduated with a B.A. from New York University in 1923, and received an M.A. from Columbia University in 1927, as well as a PhD in 1930. He additionally attended the Jewish Institute of Religion from which he received the John Palmer Prize in 1926 and was ordained as a rabbi in 1927. His graduation photo appears on page 95.