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Horace Dutton Taft (December 28, 1861 – January 28, 1943) was an American educator, and the founder of The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, United States . Early life. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the younger brother of William Howard Taft of the powerful Taft family. [1] .
In 1912, Horace Dutton Taft incorporated the Taft School, giving one-sixth ownership to faculty member Harley Fish Roberts. Fifteen years later Taft and Roberts turned the school over to a board of trustees, making it a non-profit institution.
In 1936, after 46 years as head of school, Horace Dutton Taft retired. Since his inauspicious start at Pelham Manor he had come to be regarded as one of the most revered head of schools in New England.
Horace Dutton Taft. 1861–1943 • Male. Winifred S. Thompson. 1860–1909 • Female. Marriage. June 1892. View All. Parents and Siblings. Alphonso Taft. 1810–1891 • Male. Louisa Maria Torrey. 1827–1907 • Female. Siblings (5) Samuel Davenport Taft. 1855–1856 • Male.
February 14, 1983. Horace Dwight Taft, professor of physics at Yale University and former dean of Yale College, died of a heart attack Saturday while working in his office at the Josiah Willard Gibbs Laboratories on the Yale campus. He was 57 years old and lived in New Haven.
29 de ene. de 2024 · John Dayton ’64, center, with his children and their spouses, from left, Chad ’93 and Maggie Dayton, and Whitney Dayton Brunet ’97 and Christian Brunet. In recognition of his steadfast loyalty and dedication to Taft, John Dayton ’64 will be honored with the 2024 Horace Dutton Taft Alumni Medal.
Memories and Opinions. By Horace Dutton Taft. (New York: The Macmillan Company. 1942. Pp. 336. $3.00.) To anyone who knows Horace Dutton Taft, his Memories and Opinions is a delight. I confess that I have read the book through three times with added pleasure at each perusal. It is a case where the book is the man, for in the writing you can see ...
