- Lee Paul Sieg
Lee Paul Sieg (
October 7 ,1879 -October 8 ,1963 ) was president of theUniversity of Washington from 1934 to 1946.Sieg was born in
Marshalltown, Iowa . Sieg received his masters inphysics in 1901 and his doctorate in philosophy in 1910 from theUniversity of Iowa . Prior to his arrival at the University of Washington in 1934, he served as the Dean of the School of Education at theUniversity of Pittsburgh .cite web | title=Lee Paul Seig (1934-1946) | url = http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/exhibits/presidents/sieg.html| accessdate=2007-12-25]As university president, he oversaw the University of Washington during
World War II . The war froze much of the school's physical expansion, but after the war the university launched a $31.5 million building binge to accommodate the influx of new students. Prior to Sieg's retirement, the university opened its school of dentistry in 1945. The medical school opened in October 1946.To the great credit of Sieg and his administration, the University of Washington was particularly responsive to the plight of its
Nisei students during the months leading up to the internment ofJapanese Americans .cite web | title=Exigencies of War — The UW Administration and Student Relocation | url = http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/interrupted_lives/exigencies.shtml| accessdate=2007-12-25] cite web | title=Phase II — A Place for Some of Our Best Students | url = http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/interrupted_lives/phase2.shtml| accessdate=2007-12-25]Sieg died in 1963 in
Seattle ,Washington .References
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