James Calder

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James Calder
Penn State University
Term	1871 – 1880
Predecessor	Thomas Henry Burrowes
Successor	Joseph Shortlidge
Born	February 16, 1826(1826-02-16) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Died	November 22, 1893 (aged 67) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Alma mater	Wesleyan College
Spouse	Ellen Cordelia Winebrenner

James Calder (February 16, 1826 – November 22, 1893) was the fifth president of the Pennsylvania State University, serving from 1871 until 1880.

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• Penn State Presidents and their achievements
• (1896) Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers. Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, 266-267. LCC F157.D2 C7. Retrieved on 2007-03-02. 

v • d • e Presidents of Pennsylvania State University Evan Pugh (1859) · William Henry Allen (1864) · John Fraser (1866) · Thomas Henry Burrowes (1868) · James Calder (1871) · Joseph Shortlidge (1880) · James Y. McKee (1881) · George W. Atherton (1882) · James A. Beaver (1906) · Edwin Erle Sparks (1908) · John Martin Thomas (1921) · Ralph Dorn Hetzel (1927) · James Milholland (1947) · Milton S. Eisenhower (1950) · Eric A. Walker (1956) · John W. Oswald (1970) · Bryce Jordan (1983) · Joab Thomas (1990) · Graham Spanier (1995)

Persondata
NAME	Calder, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Fifth president of Penn State University
DATE OF BIRTH	February 16, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	November 22, 1893
PLACE OF DEATH	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania