William Leslie Hooper
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = William Leslie Hooper
| image = Biographical history of Massachusetts - biographies and autobiographies of the leading men in the state (1913) (14782210294).jpg
| order =
| title = President of Tufts College
| term_start = 1912
| term_end = 1914
| predecessor = Frederick W. Hamilton
| successor = Hermon Carey Bumpus
| birth_date = {{birth date|1855|08|02}}
| birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1918|10|03|1855|08|03}}
| death_place = Medford, Massachusetts
| signature = Signature of William Leslie Hooper (1855–1918).png
}}
William Leslie Hooper (August 2, 1855 – October 3, 1918) was the acting president of Tufts College (later Tufts University) from 1912 to 1914, between the terms of the fourth and fifth elected presidents.
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Early life and education
Hooper was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1855. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Tufts in 1877, and a master of arts degree from Tufts in 1878. He also received an honorary Ph.D. in 1898 and an LL.D. in 1915, both from Tufts. Hooper was instructor of Mathematics and Applied Physics at the Bromfield School and became its principal in 1880. While at Tufts, Hooper was initiated into Theta Delta Chi.
Career
Hooper became assistant professor of physics at Tufts in 1883, and then professor of electrical engineering in 1890. In 1902, Hooper published "Electrical Problems"{{cite book |last1=Hooper, Ph.D. |first1=William L. |last2=Wells, M.S. |first2=Roy T. |date=1902 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LGtDAAAAIAAJ |title=Electrical Problems for Engineering Students |location=Boston, Massachusetts |publisher=The Athenaeum Press}} upon which he based many lectures,{{cite book |last=Hooper |first=Dr. William L. |date=1976 |title=Poems |location=Boston |publisher=Private |page=X2}} as described by Vannevar Bush.{{cite book |last=Bush |first=Vannevar |year=1970 |title=Pieces of the Action |url=https://archive.org/details/piecesofaction00bush |url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=Morrow |page=250 |oclc=93366 }}
Following the resignation of Frederick W. Hamilton, Hooper was made acting president in 1912,{{cite book |date=July 1912 |title=The Tufts College Graduate Volumes 9-10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HVoiAAAAMAAJ&q=william+leslie+hooper |location=Tufts College, Massachusetts |publisher=Tufts College }} having been commended by the Trustees for his contributions to the engineering department and his successful fundraising abilities. He served in this role through the end of 1914 until Hermon Carey Bumpus took office, at which point he returned to the department of electrical engineering.
Hooper built a residence at 124 Professors Row in 1892, known today as Hooper House, which currently houses the University Health Services. Additionally, the home of the department of electrical engineering was dedicated as the Hooper Laboratories for Electrical Engineering on June 5, 1940, and held that name until 1983, when it was rededicated as Halligan Hall.
Hooper built by hand a cottage on an island in Brompton Lake, Quebec, about which he wrote several poems.{{sfn|Hooper|1976|page=X2}}{{cite journal|journal= Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences|year=1920 | title=William Leslie Hooper (1855-1918) | jstor=20025816 | volume=55 | pages=506–508|last1=Lane |first1=A. C. |issue=10 }} Hooper's poem "A Legend of Outunwitti" helped scholars study indigenous oral tradition{{sfn|Hooper|1976|page=13}}{{cite book |last1=Meurger |first1=Michel |last2=Gagnon |first2=Claude |date=1982 |title=Monstre des lacs du Québec |location=Montréal |publisher=Stanké |page=95 }} and Brompton Lake geographical place name origins.{{cite book |last1=Charland |first1=Philippe |date=2005 |title=Définition et Reconstitution de L'Esapce Territorial Du Nord-Est Amériquain : La Reconstruction De La Carte Du W8banaki Par La Toponymie Abénakis Au Québec Aln8baiwi Kdakina - Notre Monde À La Manière Abénakise |location=Montréal |publisher=Département De Géographie Université Mcgill |page=186 }}{{cite web |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=19986 |title=Dutunwitti Island |publisher=Quebec Toponymy Commission |access-date=November 14, 2021}}
References
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Additional sources
- {{cite web|publisher=Tufts Digital Library | title=William L. Hooper A.M. | url=https://dl.tufts.edu/teiviewer/parent/dz011115g/chapter/c4s17}}
- {{cite web|publisher=Tufts Digital Library | title=Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History: "Hooper House, 1892" | url=https://dl.tufts.edu/teiviewer/parent/f1881x54h/chapter/H00033}}
- {{cite web|publisher=Tufts Digital Library | title=Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History: "Hooper, William Leslie, 1855-1918" | url=https://dl.tufts.edu/teiviewer/parent/f1881x54h/chapter/H00034}}
- {{cite web|publisher=Tufts Digital Library | title=Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History: "Halligan Hall, 1925" | url=https://dl.tufts.edu/teiviewer/parent/f1881x54h/chapter/H00005}}
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