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Karl Springer Cate
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Karl Springer Cate

American, 1887 - 1967
Biographyhttps://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/karl-springer-cate-24-13bbbh8
https://60years.aup.edu/faces-of-aup/karl-cate/

Priests In St Stephen's Church Providence January 8 1916 the Rev William Phillips In Grace Church Providence May 1 1916 the Rev Harold Arrowsmith Jr and the Rev Philip Ayres Easley In All Saints Church Providence 11 1916 the Rev Karl Springer Cate
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Born in 1887, Karl Springer Cate hailed from Ivey League lineage and was himself a Harvard alumnus. In 1900, his family had a six-month sojourn in Paris and his love affair with the city began. Col. Cate became one of the most prominent figures in the Parisian American community of his time, serving on the boards of almost every American instituion in Paris, including the American Cathedral of Paris, the Cercle Interallie and the Chamber of Commerce. In 1962, when Dr. Delamater was looking for an influential ally in Paris' American community to help start the college, there was no better candidate. Col. Karl Cate was essential to providing the access to a reliable health care system, key amenities for incoming students and gathering support for the university. He was declared Founding Chairman of the Board in 1967, and passed away on November 2nd of the same year.
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'09 Karl S Cate who has been overseas since October 1917 in the leave area branch of the YMCA is at Coblenz Germany at the Hdqrs Service of Supply
Harvard Alumni Bulletin, 1908 p. 499
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