Rev. Julius Hawley Seelye was a missionary, author, US Representative, and former president of Amherst College. The system of Latin Honors in use at many universities worldwide is said to have been created by him.

Biography

Seelye was born in Bethel, Connecticut in 1924, and graduated from Amherst College in 1849. He later became a prominent Christian clergyman, professor of moral philosophy , and author. He served in the US Congress from 1874 to 1877. Seelye was the fifth president of Amherst College, serving from 1876 to 1890.

In his later years, Seelye worked as a medical missionary in the Middle-East, beginning a long family tradition of affiliation with the Arab world.

He is the brother of Laurenus Clark Seelye, first president of Smith College. He is also the great grandfather of Fmr. US Ambassador Talcott Seelye and the great-great grandfather of NPR reporter Kate Seelye

Seelye died in 1895.

Written Work

The Way, the Truth, and the Life (1873)
Duty (1891)
Citizenship (1894)