Chittenden

BENTON, Guy Potter

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Dodge. Burlington: Ullery, 1912, p 118-119

Guy Potter BENTON, educator, college president, Burlington [Chittenden 
County, Vermont], was born 26 May 1865 at Kenton [Hardin County], Ohio, son 
of Daniel Webster and Harriet (WHARTON) BENTON. Educated at Ohio Normal 
University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Baker University and University of 
Wooster, A. M. 1893, 1905; D. D. 1900, 1905; LL. D. 1906, 1911. 
Superintendent city schools, Fort Scott [Bourbon County], Kansas, 1890-1895; 
assistant state superintendent public instruction, Kansas, 1895-1896; 
professor history and sociology, Baker University, 1896-1899; member State 
Board of Education, 1899; president Upper Iowa University, 1899-1902; 
president University of Vermont since July 1911; president Southeastern 
Kansas Teachers' Association, 1892; secretary Ohio Conference College of 
Deans and Presidents, 1903-1905; president Ohio College Association, 1904; 
chairman committee from Ohio College Association on An Educated Policy for 
Ohio, 1904-1905; president Educational Society of Cincinnati Conference 
Methodist Episcopal Church, 1904-1905; president Ohio State Y. M. C. A., 
1909-1910. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta; secretary-treasurer National 
Association of State Universities, 1910-1911, 1911-1912. Author of "The Real 
College."

In 1889 he [Guy Potter BENTON] married Dolla KONANTZ of Arcadia [Crawford 
County], Kansas; they have two children, Helen Geneva and Pauline Corinth. 
Politically, he is a Republican. He is a Methodist Episcopal clergyman; a 
member of the Masonic fraternity, thirty-two degrees, Scottish Rite; a member 
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; a member of the University Club of 
Boston and Washington; and a member of the Ethan Allen and Algonquin Clubs of 
Burlington.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly