Albert Pattengill
| Albert H. Pattengill | |
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| Born |
February 26, 1842 New Lisbon, New York |
| Died | March 16, 1906 (aged 64) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Cause of death | Heart trouble |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Michigan |
| Occupation | Professor of Greek, Univ. of Michigan Chairman, Western Inter-collegiate Conference Chairman, Univ. of Michigan Board in Control of Athletics |
| Employer | University of Michigan |
| Spouse(s) | Annie Warden Ekin Bessie E. West |
Albert Henderson Pattengill (February 26, 1842 – March 16, 1906) was an American professor of Greek. For 40 years, Pattengill was also a leader in athletics at the University of Michigan. He played on Michigan's 1867 baseball team and was part of a three-person committee that selected "azure-blue and maize" as the university's colors. He was also one of the leaders behind the formation and early development of the Big Ten Conference.
Pattengill was born in 1842 on a farm near New Lisbon, New York, the son of John Scott Pattengill and Abigail Maria (Gregory) Pattengill. He entered the sophomore class at the University of Michigan in 1865 and received a bachelor's degree in 1868 and a master's degree in 1871. He served as the principal at Ann Arbor High School for a year after receiving his bachelor's degree.
Pattengill joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in 1869 as an assistant professor of Greek and French. He spent the year 1878 studying at German universities and was offered a professorship in Greek at the University of Wisconsin in 1879, which he declined. Pattengill returned to Ann Arbor in 1879. In June 1881, the University Regents appointed Pattengill as an "Associate Professor of Greek, without present increase of Salary"—though his salary was increased in 1883 to $1,800. He was promoted to a full professorship of Greek in 1889. From 1895 to 1901, he was chairman of Michigan's Administrative Board of the Faculty.
For 40 years, Pattengill was also a leader in athletics at the University of Michigan.
In February 1867 during Pattengill's junior year, he was selected by the literary department to be part of a three-person student committee to select colors for the university. At a meeting in the College Chapel on February 12, 1867, Pattengill's committee made the following report:
"Your committee, appointed to select emblematic colors for our University, unanimously agree in presenting as their choice, Azure Blue and Maize, and recommend that the following resolution be adopted: 'Resolved, that Azure Blue and Maize be adopted as the emblematic colors of the University of Michigan.'"
The resolution was adopted.
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