James Francis Barker

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James Francis Barker
2nd President of the
Rochester Athenæum and Mechanics Institute
In office
July 1, 1916 – 1919
Preceded byCarleton B. Gibson
Succeeded byRoyal B. Farnum
Personal details
Born1872 (1872)
Keokuk, Iowa, US
DiedDecember 10, 1950(1950-12-10) (aged 77–78)
Rochester, New York, US
Resting placeProspect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Massachusetts
SpouseKatharine Spooner
Florence Mary Edmonds
ChildrenJosephine Barker Cooper
Parent(s)James Hussey Barker, Jr.
Maria Josefina Sarresqueta
Alma materCornell University
ProfessionAdministrator

James Francis Barker (1872 – 10 December 1950) was the second president of the

Rochester Athenæum and Mechanics Institute, succeeding Carleton B. Gibson, from 1916–1919.[1]

Gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket

He was born in 1872 in

Cleveland, Ohio
and served as its first principal.

He married the former Kate Spooner in 1897 and raised one daughter. After being widowed in the late 1930s, he married Josephine M. Edmonds, a home economics teacher and half sister of International House of New York founder Harry Edmonds,[4] in 1941.

He came to the Rochester Athenæum and Mechanics Institute after his predecessor resigned to continue his work in the war relief effort. He oversaw the Institute during World War I, but subsequently left to become Superintendent of Junior and Technical Education in the Rochester City School District.[5]: 115  He also served as general supervisor of evening, summer, and continuation programs for the District.

After he retired in 1936, he operated a

Nantucket Island during the summer months. He named the studio after an island steamboat his grandfather had commanded on Nantucket Sound. He also pursued painting,[6]
pottery, metal working, and cabinet making.

He died in his Rochester home at the age of 78 and is interred on Nantucket.[7]

References

  1. ^ Saffran, Michael (March 2007), "RIT's presidential history", RIT News & Events, vol. 39, no. 11, Henrietta, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, archived from the original on 2008-01-24, retrieved 2008-01-18
  2. ^
    Nantucket, Massachusetts
    , p. 9, 23 Dec 1950
  3. OCLC 16730058
    , retrieved 2014-11-02
  4. ^ "Holmes-Edmonds-Miles Family Papers". Lib.Rochester.Edu. Rochester, New York: University of Rochester. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  5. OCLC 80360669
    .
  6. ^ "The Nantucket Art Colony, 1920-45". Nantucket Historical Association. May 26, 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-02. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  7. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York
    , p. 18, 11 Dec 1950

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Preceded by President of the Rochester Athenæum and Mechanics Institute
July 1, 1916–1919 		Succeeded by


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