Harry Brookings Wallace

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Harry Brookings Wallace (August 6, 1877 – August 11, 1955) was the acting chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis from 1944 to 1945.

Biography

Harry Brookings Wallace was born in St. Louis on August 6, 1877.[1] He attended Smith Academy in St. Louis, and graduated from Yale University in 1899. While there, he was a varsity baseball player.[2]

The nephew of Robert S. Brookings, he became a trustee of the Brookings Institution in 1927. He was president of Cupples & Marston from 1917 to 1942.[2]

He was the acting chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis from July 1944 to September 1945.[2][3]

He died at his home in St. Louis on August 11, 1955, and was buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery.[2]

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