Discipline: Literature

George Chadwick

Discipline: Literature
MacDowell Fellowships: 1931
George B. Chadwick (1880-1961) was an All-American football player, coach, writer, and educator. He played college football for Yale University from 1899 to 1902 and was the head coach of the 1903 Yale football team that went 11-1. He led the 1900 and 1902 Yale teams to undefeated seasons, and was selected as a first-team College Football All-American both seasons. He scored all of Yale's points in a 12–5 victory over Harvard in 1902 on runs of 53 and 55 yards. While attending Yale, Chadwick was also a member of the University Glee Club, Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones. After working for a time in the hardware and sales fields, Chadwick had a long career as a teacher of English, history, and Latin at Eastern private boys' schools. In 1927, he published his only book, Chuck Blue of Sterling, a story of college life and football. (New York: The Century Co.)

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Wood

George Chadwick worked in the Wood studio.

Wood Studio, given to the residency program by Mrs. Frederick Trevor Hill, was completed in 1913 in memory of Mrs. Hill’s mother, Helen Ogden Wood. Like Schelling Studio, the building is sided with large, overlapping pieces of hemlock bark. When the studio was renovated in 1995, MacDowell staff researched the origins of this unusual building material and…

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