Editing University of Michigan (section)

===Historical links===

[[File:HarryHutchins JamesAngell AndrewWhite.png|thumb|University presidents [[Harry Burns Hutchins]], left, and [[James Burrill Angell]], center, with [[Cornell University]] founder [[Andrew Dickson White]], right, in a 1900s photograph]]

The founding of the University of Michigan in the 19th century was influenced by the transatlantic [[Republic of Letters]], an intellectual community that spanned Europe and the Americas.<ref name=":21" />{{rp|39–53}} Key figures, such as [[Henry Philip Tappan]], were instrumental in aligning the university with the ideals championed by the intellectual community, including liberty, reason, and scientific inquiry.<ref name=":21" />{{rp|39–53}}<ref name="Turner 1989 12" /> Alumni and faculty from Michigan, like [[Andrew Dixon White]], carried these ideals forward as they shaped other institutions.<ref name=":22">{{cite book |last = Peckham |first = Howard Henry |author-link =  |date = September 26, 1994 |title = The Making of The University of Michigan 1817–1992 |url =  |location =  |publisher = UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BENTLEY LIBRARY |page =  |isbn = 9780472065943 }}</ref> Notably, Cornell alumni [[David Starr Jordan]] and [[John Casper Branner]] later introduced these concepts to [[Stanford University]] in the late 19th century.<ref name=":22" /> [[Charles Kendall Adams]] and [[Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin]], the two figures most responsible for transforming the [[University of Wisconsin]] into a research university, both received their education at Michigan.<ref name="Turner 1989 12" />

Early university leaders like [[James Burrill Angell]] contributed to establishing other universities by sharing their insights.<ref name=":21"/>{{rp|63–75}} Alongside [[Charles William Eliot]] of Harvard, Andrew D. White of Cornell, and [[Noah Porter]] of Yale, Angell was heavily involved in the early period of [[Johns Hopkins University]] as an advisor to the trustees and recommended [[Daniel Coit Gilman]] as the first president of the wealthy new foundation.<ref name=":55">{{Cite book|title = Pioneer: A History of the Johns Hopkins University, 1874–1889|last = Hawkins|first = Hugh|publisher = Cornell University Press|year = 1960 |oclc = 876490592|location = Ithaca, NY|page = 15|isbn = 978-0-8108-5818-3}}</ref> [[Clark Kerr]], the first chancellor of the [[University of California, Berkeley]], referred to Michigan as the "mother of state universities."<ref>{{Cite web |last = Kerr |first = Clark |date = December 16, 1973 |title = Clark Kerr 1973 Winter Commencement: THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY – END OF ITS GOLDEN AGE? |url = http://websites.umich.edu/~bhlumrec/c/commence/1973-Kerr.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2023 |publisher = University of Michigan }}</ref>

* [[University of California]]: had its early planning based upon the University of Michigan.<ref>{{Cite book |last = Stadtman |first = Verne A. |url = https://archive.org/details/universityofcali00stad |title = The University of California, 1868–1968 |date = 1970 |publisher = McGraw-Hill |location = New York |pages = [https://archive.org/details/universityofcali00stad/page/7 7–34] |url-access = registration }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last = Marsden |first = George M. |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=E9QOfEZrrLYC&pg=PA134 |title = The Soul of the American University: From Protestant Establishment to Established Nonbelief |date = 1994 |publisher = Oxford University Press |isbn = 9780195106503 |location = New York |pages = 134–140 |access-date = November 9, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211109071657/https://books.google.com/books?id=E9QOfEZrrLYC&pg=PA134 |archive-date = November 9, 2021 |url-status = live }} Page 138 of this source incorrectly states that the date of the final negotiations in which Governor Low participated was October 8, 1869, but it is clear from the context and the endnotes to that page (which cite documents from 1867) that the reference to 1869 is a typo.</ref>
* [[University of Chicago]]: Michigan alumnus Robert Ezra Park played a leading role in the development of the [[Chicago school (sociology)|Chicago School of sociology]]. The University of Chicago Laboratory School was founded in 1896 by John Dewey and [[Calvin Brainerd Cady]], who were members of the Michigan faculty.
* Cornell University: [[Andrew Dixon White]] and [[Charles Kendall Adams]], the first and second presidents of Cornell, respectively, were members of the Michigan faculty. Cornell had its [[Cornell Law School|Law School]] founded by Michigan alumni Charles Kendall Adams and [[Harry Burns Hutchins]]. Six of the fourteen past presidents of Cornell University have had connections to the University of Michigan. [[Edmund Ezra Day]], the fifth president, was the founding dean of Michigan's business school. [[Frank H. T. Rhodes]], the ninth president, spent three years as vice president of academic affairs at Michigan. [[Martha E. Pollack]], the fourteenth president, served as provost at Michigan from 2013 to 2017. Additionally, [[Jeffrey S. Lehman]] received his graduate degrees from Michigan.
* Harvard University: Michigan alumnus [[Edwin Francis Gay]] was the founding dean of the [[Harvard Business School]] from 1908 to 1919,<ref>{{Cite web |title = Our History |url = http://www.hbs.edu/about/history.html |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130218170344/http://www.hbs.edu/about/history.html |archive-date = February 18, 2013 |access-date = January 7, 2009 |publisher = hbs.edu }}</ref> instrumental in the school's planning.
* [[Johns Hopkins University]]: had its [[Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine|pharmacology department]] established by [[John Jacob Abel]], an alumnus of Michigan.
* Massachusetts Institute of Technology: had its [[MIT Media Lab|Media Lab]] co-founded by Michigan alumnus [[Jerome Wiesner]]. [[Nicholas Negroponte]], the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Media Lab, has held a visiting professorship at the University of Michigan.
* [[Northwestern University]]: Michigan alumnus [[Henry Wade Rogers]] was instrumental in transforming Northwestern from a small cluster of colleges into a major, nationally recognized university. His wife, [[Emma Winner Rogers]], founded the Northwestern University Settlement Association.<ref>{{Cite web |title = Henry and Emma Rogers Society |url = https://giftplanning.northwestern.edu/henry-and-emma-rogers-society |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220515232621/https://giftplanning.northwestern.edu/henry-and-emma-rogers-society |archive-date = May 15, 2022 |access-date = January 8, 2022 |publisher = Northwestern University }}</ref>
* [[Syracuse University]]: [[Alexander Winchell]] and [[Erastus O. Haven]], the first and second chancellors of Syracuse University, respectively, were members of the Michigan faculty.
* [[University of Washington]]: [[Charles Odegaard]], who served as president of the University of Washington from 1958 to 1973 and is credited with elevating its academic standing, was previously the dean of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
* [[Wellesley College]]: Michigan alumna [[Alice Freeman Palmer]], the president of [[Wellesley College]] from 1881 to 1887, "transformed the fledgling school from one devoted to Christian domesticity into one of the nation's premier colleges for women."{{Sfn|Massachusetts Moments|2006}}
* [[Yale University]]: had its [[Residential colleges of Yale University|residential college system]] co-organized by [[James Rowland Angell]], a graduate of Michigan.{{sfn|Bergin|1983}} Michigan alumnus [[Henry Wade Rogers]] introduced the "case system" and the college degree requirement into the [[Yale Law School]].