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Frank Sumner Capen
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Frank Sumner Capen (December 21, 1843 - June 6, 1900[1]) was an American educator who from 1888 to 1899 was the second principal of the New Paltz Normal School, which eventually became the State University of New York at New Paltz.[2][3] A residence hall on the SUNY New Paltz campus is named in his honor.[4]
While at the New Paltz Normal School, Frank Capen became an honorary member of Alpha Pi Nu, the first fraternity at New Paltz which later became the Delphic Fraternity.[5]
- ^ "Capen, Frank Sumner". New York Gravestones. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Past Presidents of SUNY New Paltz". SUNY New Paltz. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1897. Perdue University. 1898. p. 1131.
- ^ "Residence Life - Capen Hall". SUNY New Paltz. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Auld Lang Syne". Journal of the Graduating Class of the State Normal School in New Paltz, N.Y. Journal Print, Newburgh, N.Y.: 26 June 1892.
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