ALLY, ROBERT JUDSON: 1863-1935.
Robert Judson Aley , son of Jesse J. and Paulina Moyer Aley, was born May 11, 1863, at Coal City, Ind. In 1882 he received the B.S. degree from Valparaiso College, in 1888 and 1890, respectively, the A.B. and A.M. degrees from Indiana University, the A.M. from Stanford University in 1895, and the Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1897; He also received LL.D. degrees from Franklin College (1909), the University of Pennsylvania (1917) and Butler University (1922).
His career as an educator includes time spent as a teacher and administrator in public schools and as professor of mathematics at various universities. From 1910 to 1921 he was president of the University of Maine and, from 1921 to 1931 president of Butler University.
He wrote, edited and revised several text books and contributed many articles on biography, education, history, and mathematics to educational journals. Dr. Aley died in Indianapolis , Nov. 18, 1935.
Information from Who's Who Among North American Authors; Who Was Who in America; and the Indianapolis Public Library.
- Graphs, a Monograph. Boston,
1902.
- The Story of Indiana and Its People. (withMaxwell Aley) Chicago [1912].
