Goheen, Robert F. (01283413) - Revision history

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	\|death_date=31 March 2008		\|death_date=31 March 2008
	\|birth_place=Vengurla, Bombay Presidency, British India; (now Maharashtra		\|birth_place=Vengurla, Bombay Presidency, British India; (now Maharashtra
	\|death_place=Princeton, New Jersey~~, U.S.~~		\|death_place=Princeton, New Jersey
	\|education=Princeton University (BA, PhD)		\|education=Princeton University (BA, PhD)
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	* Ambassador to India
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	\|death_date=31 March 2008		\|death_date=31 March 2008
	\|birth_place=Vengurla, Bombay Presidency, British India; (now Maharashtra~~, India)~~		\|birth_place=Vengurla, Bombay Presidency, British India; (now Maharashtra
	\|death_place=Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.		\|death_place=Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
	\|education=Princeton University (BA, PhD)		\|education=Princeton University (BA, PhD)
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	~~Robert Francis Goheen (August 15, 1919 – March 31, 2008) was an American academic, president of Princeton University and United States Ambassador to India.~~ Robert Francis Goheen was born on August 15, 1919, to Anne (Ewing) and Dr Robert H. ~~Robert attended Post-graduate courses at Princeton U. Worked as Tutor, Counselor, also Soccer Coach at Princeton~~. Goheen in Vengurla, India, where both his parents were serving as Presbyterian medical missionaries. ~~His early education through the tenth grade~~ was ~~at Kodai School in~~ India. After moving to the United States in 1934, he completed his secondary school education at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey in 1936. He then attended Princeton University, where he won the Moses Taylor Pyne Prize and graduated summa cum laude with an A.B. In classics in 1940 after completing a senior thesis titled "A Study of the Nature and Object of Tragedy." He was also an avid soccer player~~. During World War II, Goheen trained at Camp Ritchie and became one of many Ritchie Boys. He returned to Princeton after the war to pursue graduate studies, earning a Ph.D~~. In classics in 1948 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "The imagery of Sophocles' Antigone (a study of poetic language and structure)." Goheen was one of the first four students to receive a fellowship from The Institute for Citizens & Scholars, established at Princeton to encourage war veterans to pursue a career in teaching. Goheen was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1962 and the American Philosophical Society in 1986. ~~Goheen taught classics~~ at Princeton ~~as an assistant professor from 1950 until 1957, when he was appointed the university's 16th president. He served as president of the university from 1957 to 1972~~. At 37, he was the youngest man to assume that position since the 18th century. He quadrupled the budget, doubled alumni giving and increased the number of faculty members by 40 percent. ~~... The university changed fundamentally under Dr. He attacked the exclusivity of the eating clubs, even opening one to be run by the university.~~ He hired Princeton’s first black administrator and first black full professor and aggressively recruited promising minority students." After his retirement from Princeton in 1972, he was named president of the Council on Foundations in New York~~. He served in the country of his birth from 1977 to 1980~~.		Robert Francis Goheen was born on August 15, 1919, to Anne (Ewing) and Dr Robert H. He served in the country of his birth from 1977 to 1980. Goheen in Vengurla, India, where both his parents were serving as Presbyterian medical missionaries.

			Robert Francis Goheen (August 15, 1919 – March 31, 2008) was an American academic, president of Princeton University and United States Ambassador to India. After moving to the United States in 1934, he completed his secondary school education at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey in 1936. Goheen taught classics at Princeton as an assistant professor from 1950 until 1957, when he was appointed the university's 16th president.

			He served as president of the university from 1957 to 1972. Robert attended Post-graduate courses at Princeton U. His early education through the tenth grade was at Kodai School in India.

			He then attended Princeton University, where he won the Moses Taylor Pyne Prize and graduated summa cum laude with an A.B. He returned to Princeton after the war to pursue graduate studies, earning a Ph.D. The university changed fundamentally under Dr.

			He attacked the exclusivity of the eating clubs, even opening one to be run by the university.

			During World War II, Goheen trained at Camp Ritchie and became one of many Ritchie Boys.

			In classics in 1940 after completing a senior thesis titled "A Study of the Nature and Object of Tragedy." He was also an avid soccer player. In classics in 1948 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "The imagery of Sophocles' Antigone (a study of poetic language and structure)." Goheen was one of the first four students to receive a fellowship from The Institute for Citizens & Scholars, established at Princeton to encourage war veterans to pursue a career in teaching. Goheen was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1962 and the American Philosophical Society in 1986.

			Worked as Tutor, Counselor, also Soccer Coach at Princeton. At 37, he was the youngest man to assume that position since the 18th century. He quadrupled the budget, doubled alumni giving and increased the number of faculty members by 40 percent.

			He hired Princeton’s first black administrator and first black full professor and aggressively recruited promising minority students." After his retirement from Princeton in 1972, he was named president of the Council on Foundations in New York.

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	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==
	* President of Princeton U
	* Ambasador to India		* Ambasador to India
	* Pacific		* Pacific
	* President, Princeton University; Ambassador to India		* President, Princeton University
			* Ambassador to India
	* Notable Ritchie Boys slide lists Class 15 (roster currently shows Class 5)		* Notable Ritchie Boys slide lists Class 15 (roster currently shows Class 5)
	* Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM source]).		* Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM source])

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			* Born 18 August 1919 in Venguria, India.
			* 1 October 1941 — Entered Army at Fort Dix NJ as Pvt (ASN: 32181916).
			* Commissioned 2nd Lt. (ASN: 01283413).
			* Promoted to 1st Lt.
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Robert Francis Goheen (August 15, 1919 – March 31, 2008) was an American academic, president of Princeton University and United States Ambassador to India. Robert Francis Goheen was born on August 15, 1919, to Anne (Ewing) and Dr Robert H. Robert attended Post-graduate courses at Princeton U. Worked as Tutor, Counselor, also Soccer Coach at Princeton. Goheen in Vengurla, India, where both his parents were serving as Presbyterian medical missionaries. His early education through the tenth grade was at Kodai School in India. After moving to the United States in 1934, he completed his secondary school education at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey in 1936. He then attended Princeton University, where he won the Moses Taylor Pyne Prize and graduated summa cum laude with an A.B. in classics in 1940 after completing a senior thesis titled "A Study of the Nature and Object of Tragedy." He was also an avid soccer player. During World War II, Goheen trained at Camp Ritchie and became one of many Ritchie Boys. He returned to Princeton after the war to pursue graduate studies, earning a Ph.D. in classics in 1948 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "The imagery of Sophocles' Antigone (a study of poetic language and structure)." Goheen was one of the first four students to receive a fellowship from The Institute for Citizens & Scholars, established at Princeton to encourage war veterans to pursue a career in teaching. Goheen was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1962 and the American Philosophical Society in 1986. Goheen taught classics at Princeton as an assistant professor from 1950 until 1957, when he was appointed the university's 16th president. He served as president of the university from 1957 to 1972. At 37, he was the youngest man to assume that position since the 18th century. He quadrupled the budget, doubled alumni giving and increased the number of faculty members by 40 percent. ... The university changed fundamentally under Dr. He attacked the exclusivity of the eating clubs, even opening one to be run by the university. He hired Princeton’s first black administrator and first black full professor and aggressively recruited promising minority students." After his retirement from Princeton in 1972, he was named president of the Council on Foundations in New York. He served in the country of his birth from 1977 to 1980.		Robert Francis Goheen (August 15, 1919 – March 31, 2008) was an American academic, president of Princeton University and United States Ambassador to India. Robert Francis Goheen was born on August 15, 1919, to Anne (Ewing) and Dr Robert H. Robert attended Post-graduate courses at Princeton U. Worked as Tutor, Counselor, also Soccer Coach at Princeton. Goheen in Vengurla, India, where both his parents were serving as Presbyterian medical missionaries. His early education through the tenth grade was at Kodai School in India. After moving to the United States in 1934, he completed his secondary school education at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey in 1936. He then attended Princeton University, where he won the Moses Taylor Pyne Prize and graduated summa cum laude with an A.B. In classics in 1940 after completing a senior thesis titled "A Study of the Nature and Object of Tragedy." He was also an avid soccer player. During World War II, Goheen trained at Camp Ritchie and became one of many Ritchie Boys. He returned to Princeton after the war to pursue graduate studies, earning a Ph.D. In classics in 1948 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "The imagery of Sophocles' Antigone (a study of poetic language and structure)." Goheen was one of the first four students to receive a fellowship from The Institute for Citizens & Scholars, established at Princeton to encourage war veterans to pursue a career in teaching. Goheen was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1962 and the American Philosophical Society in 1986. Goheen taught classics at Princeton as an assistant professor from 1950 until 1957, when he was appointed the university's 16th president. He served as president of the university from 1957 to 1972. At 37, he was the youngest man to assume that position since the 18th century. He quadrupled the budget, doubled alumni giving and increased the number of faculty members by 40 percent. ... The university changed fundamentally under Dr. He attacked the exclusivity of the eating clubs, even opening one to be run by the university. He hired Princeton’s first black administrator and first black full professor and aggressively recruited promising minority students." After his retirement from Princeton in 1972, he was named president of the Council on Foundations in New York. He served in the country of his birth from 1977 to 1980.

	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==