Eugene H. Lehman

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Eugene Heitler Lehman (September 5, 1878/79 – August 21, 1972) was an American educator, author, and politician. He was the first American recipient of the Cecil Rhodes Scholarship,{{cite magazine|last1=Galeshore |first1=Roger |title=Eugene H. Lehman, Rhodes Scholarship Winner |magazine=Success |date=May 1903 |volume=6|issue=108|pages=283-284 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_success-magazine-the-national-post_1903-05_6_108/page/282/mode/2up |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Roper |first1=Peter |title=Our Past Century 1902 - 1903 |url=https://www.chieftain.com/story/special/1999/01/11/our-past-century-1902-1903/8696922007/ |work=The Pueblo Chieftain |date=January 10, 1999}} founder of the Highland Nature Camps, a mayor of Tarrytown, New York, and the first president of Monmouth College upon its status as a four-year university.{{cite news |title=Eugene Lehman; Headed College |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/23/archives/eugehe-lehmah-headed-college-expresident-of-monmouthi-once.html |work=The New York Times |date=August 23, 1972 |page=44}}{{cite book |editor1-last=Glassman |editor1-first=Leo M. |title=Biographical Encyclopedia of American Jews |date=1935 |pages=305-306 |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalency0000unse_k8s6/page/304/mode/2up}}{{cite book |editor-last1=Landman |editor-first1=Isaac |title=The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia |date=1969 |publisher=Ktav Publishing House |location=New York |page=592 |url=https://archive.org/details/universaljewishe0006unse/page/592/mode/2up|volume=6}} Lehman was born in Pueblo, Colorado, to Jewish immigrants. He graduated from Pueblo's Centennial High School before attending Yale University, graduating in 1902. He taught English literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City and Biblical literature at Yale.