| 1906 |
Feb 8: Born in Montclair, New Jersey, son of Charles Buckingham and Bertha Woolsey (Dwight) Cole. Attends Montclair High School. |
| 1923 |
Enrolls at Amherst College, where he is a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, The Amherst Student, and Phi Beta Kappa. |
| 1926 |
April-December: serves as Editor-in-Chief of The Amherst Student. |
| 1927 |
June: Graduates summa cum laude from Amherst College. |
| 1928 |
MA degree, Columbia University.
Teaches economic history at Columbia while pursuing doctorate
Aug 28: Marries Katharine Salmon (Smith College, 1928) in St. Louis
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| 1931 |
PhD, Columbia University
Book: French Mercantilist Doctrines Before Colbert is published
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| 1935-1940 |
Professor of Economics, Amherst College |
| 1939 |
Book: Colbert and a Century of French Mercantilism is published |
| 1940-1946 |
Professor of History, Columbia University |
| 1941-1945 |
During World War II, Cole spends a year with the Office of Price Administration in Washington and two years in New York City as Regional Price Executive |
| 1942 |
LHD (hon.), Amherst College |
| 1943 |
Book: French Mercantilism, 1683-1700 is published. |
| 1946-1960 |
12th President, Amherst College. Under Cole's administration the "New Curriculum" is introduced, in which each student is required to take a course in science, English, European civilization and a foreign language. Also, the teaching faculty is strengthened, the student body grows in size from 1,000 to 1,200 and its endowment grows from $16 million to $42 million. Upon his retirement he is elected President Emeritus by the Board of Trustees. |
| 1948 Oct |
Cole is appointed advisor to the Committee on the National Security Organization (Ferdinand Eberstadt, Chairman), one of many U.S. governmental task forces making up the Hoover Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch of Government |
| 1949 |
Book: History of Europe (with Carlton J. H. Hayes and Marshall W. Baldwin) is published |
| 1949-1956 |
Trustee, Educational Testing Service |
| 1952 |
Book: Economic History of Europe (with S. B. Clough) is published
Joins the Board of Directors of Fund for the Republic, Inc.
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| 1956- |
Trustee, Merrill Foundation for the Advancement of Financial Knowledge, Inc. |
| 1960-1961 |
Vice-President, Rockefeller Foundation |
| 1961-1964 |
Cole serves as U.S. Ambassador to Chile in Santiago |
| 1965- |
Trustee, Hampshire College
stee, Clarke School for the Deaf (Northampton, Mass.)
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| 1966-1968 |
Director, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, Boston |
| 1967 |
Book: History of Western Civilization is published |
| 1970 |
Book: A Free People (2 vols.) is published |
| 1972 |
Wife Katharine dies of a heart attack at home |
| 1974 |
Marries Marie Greer Donahoe
Moves to Seattle, Washington
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| 1978 |
Feb 6: Dies of a heart attack while at sea returning from a trip through the Caribbean. Burial in Wildwood Cemetery, Amherst |
