Why Five Scudder Association Presidents Had Townsend in Their Names
Two in the First Decade, One for 1928–1939, and Two Between 1949 and 1962, and Three Other SA Presidents in the First Three Decades Were Also Townsends Plus Three Others Later
Bios for Seven Additional Presidents of the Scudder Association During the First Ten Years 1913–1922
As historian David McCullough said, “Personality is often the determining factor of why things turn out the way they do.” Therefore, these brief biographies that follow, compiled from the Scudder Association Archives and other artifacts and sources, explain why these early leaders of the Association were successful and were met with great enthusiasm by its members.
Myron Tracy Scudder 1913 – 2nd President of the Scudder Association
Myron was a visionary founder of the original Scudder Association in 1912, but also a progressive educator, open to new or unconventional ideas who founded his own school in 1911.
Wallace McIlvaine Scudder 1914 – 3rd President of the Scudder Association
Wallace M. Scudder graduated in mechanical engineering undergrad, then studied law: WALLACE M. SCUDDER (1853–1921) studied engineering at Lehigh University and law at Harvard, being admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1876.
Moses Lewis Scudder 1915 1916 4th President of the Scudder Association
Moses authored a number of books, but for family historians his greatest contribution was recognizing the need that a copy of the handwritten records of the First Church of Huntington during the ministry of Rev. Ebeneezer Prime be transcribed and published with an index.