biography
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Gates, Thomas S(overeign)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1873–1948)
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| biography:
| Banker and university president, born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a partner at Drexel and Co (1918–30) and J P Morgan and Co (1921–30) before assuming the presidency of the University of Pennsylvania (1930–44). He reorganized the university's finances, brought athletics under administrative control, and raised educational standards. |
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