ABSTRACT
Hutchins studied for two years at Oberlin College and then served as an ambulance driver in Italy during WWI. Afterwards, he finished his undergraduate degree at Yale in 1921, with a beginning study of law. He spent two years as a master for English and history at a private school in Lake Placid, New York, and then returned to Yale and completed studies for the L.L.B. at the Law School, while simultaneously serving under President Angell as Secretary of the University. At the Law School, he was a lecturer from 1925-1927, a professor in 1927, and dean from 1928-29. As dean, he advocated broadening the rather narrow scope of legal education; in particular, he wished to connect legal training with studies in the social sciences. After examining his career path, it is easy to see that Hutchins’s university background was more on the educational and administrative side than in traditional scholarship-this reflected in his style as a university president.
