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Joseph Hillyer Brewer

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Joseph Hillyer Brewer

Birth
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Death
25 Feb 1990 (aged 91)
Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 2 119-03
Memorial ID
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Joseph Hillyer Brewer had an interesting life. He was a book publisher, of the Brewer, Warren and Putnam Company. He was president of Olivet College in Olivet, Mich., for ten years and, studying at Columbia University's library school, he became Librarian for Queen's College, the City University in New York. This post he held for 25 years until he retired in 1970.
This short bio is an excerpt from an article in The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, Maryland, that was published on Tuesday, December 12, 1972, Page 11 describing the donation by Joseph Hillyer Brewer of his grandfather's paintings.
Joseph Hillyer Brewer had an interesting life. He was a book publisher, of the Brewer, Warren and Putnam Company. He was president of Olivet College in Olivet, Mich., for ten years and, studying at Columbia University's library school, he became Librarian for Queen's College, the City University in New York. This post he held for 25 years until he retired in 1970.
This short bio is an excerpt from an article in The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, Maryland, that was published on Tuesday, December 12, 1972, Page 11 describing the donation by Joseph Hillyer Brewer of his grandfather's paintings.


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