Daniel L. Marsh

Daniel L. Marsh was the president of Boston University from 1926 to 1951.
File:Diary of a Sergeant 6.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Daniel L. Marsh, third president of Boston University, with Sgt. Harold Russell in the 1945 short film ''Diary of a Sergeant''

Biography

Marsh was raised in Pennsylvania. He became a Methodist preacher before going to study at Northwestern University, where he got an undergraduate degree in 1906 and a master's degree in 1907. He later also studied at Garrett Biblical Institute and Boston [University School of Theology].
As president of Boston University, Marsh oversaw the building of a new campus, the merger of Boston [University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences |Sargent College] into the university, and the founding of the School of Social Work the School of Nursing, the School of Public Relations, and the General College.
Marsh was a strong proponent of Prohibition in [the United States|prohibition] and advocated for its retention in the 1920s. He was also not a fan of New York, so much so that his comments on the city once caused New York Mayor Jimmy Walker to hold a press conference to condemn them.
Marsh Chapel is named after him.