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Wallace was a noted philanthropist, donating much of his massive fortune to his alma mater Macalester College. The Wallaces also established a number of foundations that are now consolidated as The Wallace Foundation , which supports education, youth development and the arts. [ 8 ]
Macalester College (/ m ə ˈ k æ l ɪ s t ər / mə-KAL-iss-tər) is a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1874, Macalester is exclusively an undergraduate four-year institution with an enrollment of 2,142 students in the fall of 2023. [ 4 ]
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (2004) is a history book written by Jack Weatherford, Dewitt Wallace Professor of Anthropology at Macalester College. It is a narrative of the rise and influence of Mongol leader Genghis Khan and his successors, and their influence on European civilization. Weatherford provides a different slant ...
He is the DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography, and director of the Food, Agriculture & Society Program at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. [1] His research interests include tropical agriculture, food security, and development policy. He is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed articles, as well as twelve books. [2]
Jack McIver Weatherford (born in 1946) is the DeWitt Wallace Professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota. [1] He is best known for his 2004 book, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. [2] In 2006, he was awarded the Order of the Polar Star, [3] and the Order of Genghis Khan in 2022, Mongolia’s two highest national ...
The College first admitted women in 1893, [36] and despite being affiliated with a religious institution, remained open to students of other faiths. [37] Macalester was largely carried through financial hardship and brought to prominence by Dr. James Wallace, father of DeWitt Wallace. Wallace was acting president of the college from 1894 to ...
David Bressoud – former President of the Mathematical Association of America; Dewitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics; Diane Glancy; Duchess Harris; Hubert Humphrey – U.S. Senator from Minnesota, U.S. Vice President, U.S. presidential candidate; Marlon James – Jamaican novelist and winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize
She chaired the department of mathematics, statistics, and computer science at Macalester from 2007 to 2013, and was named DeWitt Wallace Professor in 2015. [ 3 ] She took part on a commission to redraw Minnesota's congressional districts in 2010, and has served as a science and technology advisor to Minnesota senator Al Franken .