Henry Noble MacCracken

MacCracken was born in Toledo, Ohio on November 19, 1880, to Henry Mitchell MacCracken. Henry's brother was John Henry MacCracken, president (1915–26) of Lafayette College. His son, Calvin Dodd MacCracken, was a noted inventor. In 1920, he and his wife joined Henry Seidel Canby, and other friends in founding Yelping Hill Association, a community in Northwestern Connecticut. ==Career==

MacCracken was president of Vassar from 1915 to 1946. In the 1920s, MacCracken was involved in the founding of Sarah Lawrence College, which was initially a women's junior college affiliated with Vassar. A residence hall named after MacCracken was completed in 1930. He was on the board of trustees of the college until its affiliation with Vassar was severed in 1935. ==Later life==

MacCracken died on May 7, 1970, at his home, 87 New Hackensack Road, in Poughkeepsie, New York. His wife, Marjorie Dodd MacCracken died in 1974. ==References==