Daily News, Huntingdon PA, 10 Aug 1937 p1&8
SUDDEN DEATH OF PROMINENT CITIZEN SHOCKS COMMUNITY
Heart Attack Proves Fatal To Wei I-Known Educator While At Picnic In Diamond 'Valley
DIES AFTER PICNIC OF COLLEGE FACULTY FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY
Dr. I Harvey Brumbaugh, longtime professor of education and Latin in Juniata College, former president of the institution and director of its Summer School, died suddenly Monday evening, August 9, 1937, of a heart attack while attending a picnic of the summer session faculty in Diamond Valley. He was aged 67 years. 4 months and 29 days. His death came as a terrible blow to members of his family and his friends and former students There hart been no premonitory warning as he had been in excellent
health all summer and had been his usual cheerful and affable self all day Monday.
After the picnic supper last evening, Dr. Brumbaugh and a group of friends had walked up to visit the C. C. C. camp and afterward drove up to the Tussey Mountain observation tower with Dr. and Mrs. Charles s. Shively. They walked up to the top of the tower, enjoyed the view and then returned to the car. It was while Dr. Shively was driving the car down the mountain to the spruce Creek camp, that Dr. Brumbaugh complained or pain, in his side. He changed seats so that he could stretch out on the back Meanwhile, Dr. Shively was driving as fast as possible to reach a physician. It is believed that Dr. Brumbaugh expired about 7:45 o' clock. When the party reached the Spruce Creek camp, Dr. Brumbaugh was carried into the Shultz cottage and Mrs. Francis S. Mainzer, a trained nurse, was called. She found that Dr. Brumbaugh nad been dead for about 20 minutes. A pnysician was called from Alexandria, but it was too late The cause of death was given as coronary thrombosis. Isaac Harvey Brumbaugh was born in Penn township, Huntingdon county, the only child to reach maturity of late Elder Henry Henry Boyer Brumbaugh and Susan Fink Peightel Brumbaugh. Early in his life his parents moved to Huntingdon where his father and uncle founded the Primitive Christian Printing establishment whose publication at that time was the official organ of the Brethren Church. Shortly afterward, the Brethren's Normal College, now Juniata College, was founded by Dr Brumbaugh's father, his uncle John Boyer Brumbaugh and his father's cousin, Dr. A. B. Brumbaugh. From that year, 1S76, Dr Brumbaugh was continuously associated with Juniata College in one capacity or another up to the day of his death. After attending the public Schools of Huntingdon, he studied in Juniata College graduating in the normal English course in 1886. Later, he entered Haverford College receiving his A. B. from that institution in 1892. In the same year he began to teach Latin in Juniata College, interrupted by a year's study at Harvard University in 1898, from which place he received his A. M. in 1899. He spent the summer of 1896 in studying education at Jena University in Germany. From 1896 to 1911 he was acting president of Juniata College. In the autumn of 1896, Dr. Brumbaugh became the factual executive head of Juniata College at which time Martin Grove Brumbaugh began teaching at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1911 he was elected president of Juniata College continuing in that office until 1923 after which he was professor or education and Latin. Throughout his long career as president and professor in Juniata College, he was most diligent in developing and maintaining Juniata College as a small college. •He established and held pleasant personal associations with the individual students. He was a firm believer in the desirability and efficacy of the liberal arts curriculum
and college. In his views and policies he represented the best features of that type of institution. He was a thorough scholar of the classics vitalizing- and humanizing the writings of the ancients in his teaching and interpretations. As the executive head of Juniata College, Dr. Brumbaugh was greatly interested in the Association of Pennsylvania College presidents. In 1922-1923 he was president of the association and for a long period was its secretary. In 1920 Dr. Brumbaugh received the honorary degree of Litt. D. from Ursinus College and in 1926 he received the honorary degree' of L. H. D. from his own Juniata. In 1919 he succeeded his father as a director of the Union National Bank ana""continued in that capacity to the time of his death. He was also a trustee of the J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital. He was & past president and active member of the Huntingdon Rotary Club. In 1804 he was elected Minister of the Brethren church. Throughout his life he preached frequently and was always a welcome guest in the churches of his own town and elsewhere, too. He was also active in the administrative activities of his church having served among other duties as a. trustee of the church's Old Folks Home at Martinsbur*, Pa. On April 26th, 1BOO, Dr. Brumbaugh married Amelia Johnson of Cambridge, Mass., who survives him. He is also survived by three daughters: Barbara, wife of Charles L. Reed, Jr., of Erie; Catherine, wife of Cyril O'Toole of New Haven, Conn.; and Marion, wife of Richartl Lamborn, of Brie. A son, Henry Martin Brumbaugh, died in childhood. Four grandchildren also survive: Charles L. Reed, 3rd, Kathleen O'Toole, Kenneth O'Toole anJ Richard Brumbaugh Lamborn. The funeral service will be held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock in the Stone Church on college hill. The body may be viewed between the hours of fl:<5 and 10:45 Thursday, only. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
SUDDEN DEATH OF PROMINENT CITIZEN SHOCKS COMMUNITY
Heart Attack Proves Fatal To Wei I-Known Educator While At Picnic In Diamond 'Valley
DIES AFTER PICNIC OF COLLEGE FACULTY FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY
Dr. I Harvey Brumbaugh, longtime professor of education and Latin in Juniata College, former president of the institution and director of its Summer School, died suddenly Monday evening, August 9, 1937, of a heart attack while attending a picnic of the summer session faculty in Diamond Valley. He was aged 67 years. 4 months and 29 days. His death came as a terrible blow to members of his family and his friends and former students There hart been no premonitory warning as he had been in excellent
health all summer and had been his usual cheerful and affable self all day Monday.
After the picnic supper last evening, Dr. Brumbaugh and a group of friends had walked up to visit the C. C. C. camp and afterward drove up to the Tussey Mountain observation tower with Dr. and Mrs. Charles s. Shively. They walked up to the top of the tower, enjoyed the view and then returned to the car. It was while Dr. Shively was driving the car down the mountain to the spruce Creek camp, that Dr. Brumbaugh complained or pain, in his side. He changed seats so that he could stretch out on the back Meanwhile, Dr. Shively was driving as fast as possible to reach a physician. It is believed that Dr. Brumbaugh expired about 7:45 o' clock. When the party reached the Spruce Creek camp, Dr. Brumbaugh was carried into the Shultz cottage and Mrs. Francis S. Mainzer, a trained nurse, was called. She found that Dr. Brumbaugh nad been dead for about 20 minutes. A pnysician was called from Alexandria, but it was too late The cause of death was given as coronary thrombosis. Isaac Harvey Brumbaugh was born in Penn township, Huntingdon county, the only child to reach maturity of late Elder Henry Henry Boyer Brumbaugh and Susan Fink Peightel Brumbaugh. Early in his life his parents moved to Huntingdon where his father and uncle founded the Primitive Christian Printing establishment whose publication at that time was the official organ of the Brethren Church. Shortly afterward, the Brethren's Normal College, now Juniata College, was founded by Dr Brumbaugh's father, his uncle John Boyer Brumbaugh and his father's cousin, Dr. A. B. Brumbaugh. From that year, 1S76, Dr Brumbaugh was continuously associated with Juniata College in one capacity or another up to the day of his death. After attending the public Schools of Huntingdon, he studied in Juniata College graduating in the normal English course in 1886. Later, he entered Haverford College receiving his A. B. from that institution in 1892. In the same year he began to teach Latin in Juniata College, interrupted by a year's study at Harvard University in 1898, from which place he received his A. M. in 1899. He spent the summer of 1896 in studying education at Jena University in Germany. From 1896 to 1911 he was acting president of Juniata College. In the autumn of 1896, Dr. Brumbaugh became the factual executive head of Juniata College at which time Martin Grove Brumbaugh began teaching at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1911 he was elected president of Juniata College continuing in that office until 1923 after which he was professor or education and Latin. Throughout his long career as president and professor in Juniata College, he was most diligent in developing and maintaining Juniata College as a small college. •He established and held pleasant personal associations with the individual students. He was a firm believer in the desirability and efficacy of the liberal arts curriculum
and college. In his views and policies he represented the best features of that type of institution. He was a thorough scholar of the classics vitalizing- and humanizing the writings of the ancients in his teaching and interpretations. As the executive head of Juniata College, Dr. Brumbaugh was greatly interested in the Association of Pennsylvania College presidents. In 1922-1923 he was president of the association and for a long period was its secretary. In 1920 Dr. Brumbaugh received the honorary degree of Litt. D. from Ursinus College and in 1926 he received the honorary degree' of L. H. D. from his own Juniata. In 1919 he succeeded his father as a director of the Union National Bank ana""continued in that capacity to the time of his death. He was also a trustee of the J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital. He was & past president and active member of the Huntingdon Rotary Club. In 1804 he was elected Minister of the Brethren church. Throughout his life he preached frequently and was always a welcome guest in the churches of his own town and elsewhere, too. He was also active in the administrative activities of his church having served among other duties as a. trustee of the church's Old Folks Home at Martinsbur*, Pa. On April 26th, 1BOO, Dr. Brumbaugh married Amelia Johnson of Cambridge, Mass., who survives him. He is also survived by three daughters: Barbara, wife of Charles L. Reed, Jr., of Erie; Catherine, wife of Cyril O'Toole of New Haven, Conn.; and Marion, wife of Richartl Lamborn, of Brie. A son, Henry Martin Brumbaugh, died in childhood. Four grandchildren also survive: Charles L. Reed, 3rd, Kathleen O'Toole, Kenneth O'Toole anJ Richard Brumbaugh Lamborn. The funeral service will be held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock in the Stone Church on college hill. The body may be viewed between the hours of fl:<5 and 10:45 Thursday, only. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
Daily News, Huntingdon PA, 10 Aug 1937 p1&8
SUDDEN DEATH OF PROMINENT CITIZEN SHOCKS COMMUNITY
Heart Attack Proves Fatal To Wei I-Known Educator While At Picnic In Diamond 'Valley
DIES AFTER PICNIC OF COLLEGE FACULTY FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY
Dr. I Harvey Brumbaugh, longtime professor of education and Latin in Juniata College, former president of the institution and director of its Summer School, died suddenly Monday evening, August 9, 1937, of a heart attack while attending a picnic of the summer session faculty in Diamond Valley. He was aged 67 years. 4 months and 29 days. His death came as a terrible blow to members of his family and his friends and former students There hart been no premonitory warning as he had been in excellent
health all summer and had been his usual cheerful and affable self all day Monday.
After the picnic supper last evening, Dr. Brumbaugh and a group of friends had walked up to visit the C. C. C. camp and afterward drove up to the Tussey Mountain observation tower with Dr. and Mrs. Charles s. Shively. They walked up to the top of the tower, enjoyed the view and then returned to the car. It was while Dr. Shively was driving the car down the mountain to the spruce Creek camp, that Dr. Brumbaugh complained or pain, in his side. He changed seats so that he could stretch out on the back Meanwhile, Dr. Shively was driving as fast as possible to reach a physician. It is believed that Dr. Brumbaugh expired about 7:45 o' clock. When the party reached the Spruce Creek camp, Dr. Brumbaugh was carried into the Shultz cottage and Mrs. Francis S. Mainzer, a trained nurse, was called. She found that Dr. Brumbaugh nad been dead for about 20 minutes. A pnysician was called from Alexandria, but it was too late The cause of death was given as coronary thrombosis. Isaac Harvey Brumbaugh was born in Penn township, Huntingdon county, the only child to reach maturity of late Elder Henry Henry Boyer Brumbaugh and Susan Fink Peightel Brumbaugh. Early in his life his parents moved to Huntingdon where his father and uncle founded the Primitive Christian Printing establishment whose publication at that time was the official organ of the Brethren Church. Shortly afterward, the Brethren's Normal College, now Juniata College, was founded by Dr Brumbaugh's father, his uncle John Boyer Brumbaugh and his father's cousin, Dr. A. B. Brumbaugh. From that year, 1S76, Dr Brumbaugh was continuously associated with Juniata College in one capacity or another up to the day of his death. After attending the public Schools of Huntingdon, he studied in Juniata College graduating in the normal English course in 1886. Later, he entered Haverford College receiving his A. B. from that institution in 1892. In the same year he began to teach Latin in Juniata College, interrupted by a year's study at Harvard University in 1898, from which place he received his A. M. in 1899. He spent the summer of 1896 in studying education at Jena University in Germany. From 1896 to 1911 he was acting president of Juniata College. In the autumn of 1896, Dr. Brumbaugh became the factual executive head of Juniata College at which time Martin Grove Brumbaugh began teaching at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1911 he was elected president of Juniata College continuing in that office until 1923 after which he was professor or education and Latin. Throughout his long career as president and professor in Juniata College, he was most diligent in developing and maintaining Juniata College as a small college. •He established and held pleasant personal associations with the individual students. He was a firm believer in the desirability and efficacy of the liberal arts curriculum
and college. In his views and policies he represented the best features of that type of institution. He was a thorough scholar of the classics vitalizing- and humanizing the writings of the ancients in his teaching and interpretations. As the executive head of Juniata College, Dr. Brumbaugh was greatly interested in the Association of Pennsylvania College presidents. In 1922-1923 he was president of the association and for a long period was its secretary. In 1920 Dr. Brumbaugh received the honorary degree of Litt. D. from Ursinus College and in 1926 he received the honorary degree' of L. H. D. from his own Juniata. In 1919 he succeeded his father as a director of the Union National Bank ana""continued in that capacity to the time of his death. He was also a trustee of the J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital. He was & past president and active member of the Huntingdon Rotary Club. In 1804 he was elected Minister of the Brethren church. Throughout his life he preached frequently and was always a welcome guest in the churches of his own town and elsewhere, too. He was also active in the administrative activities of his church having served among other duties as a. trustee of the church's Old Folks Home at Martinsbur*, Pa. On April 26th, 1BOO, Dr. Brumbaugh married Amelia Johnson of Cambridge, Mass., who survives him. He is also survived by three daughters: Barbara, wife of Charles L. Reed, Jr., of Erie; Catherine, wife of Cyril O'Toole of New Haven, Conn.; and Marion, wife of Richartl Lamborn, of Brie. A son, Henry Martin Brumbaugh, died in childhood. Four grandchildren also survive: Charles L. Reed, 3rd, Kathleen O'Toole, Kenneth O'Toole anJ Richard Brumbaugh Lamborn. The funeral service will be held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock in the Stone Church on college hill. The body may be viewed between the hours of fl:<5 and 10:45 Thursday, only. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
SUDDEN DEATH OF PROMINENT CITIZEN SHOCKS COMMUNITY
Heart Attack Proves Fatal To Wei I-Known Educator While At Picnic In Diamond 'Valley
DIES AFTER PICNIC OF COLLEGE FACULTY FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY
Dr. I Harvey Brumbaugh, longtime professor of education and Latin in Juniata College, former president of the institution and director of its Summer School, died suddenly Monday evening, August 9, 1937, of a heart attack while attending a picnic of the summer session faculty in Diamond Valley. He was aged 67 years. 4 months and 29 days. His death came as a terrible blow to members of his family and his friends and former students There hart been no premonitory warning as he had been in excellent
health all summer and had been his usual cheerful and affable self all day Monday.
After the picnic supper last evening, Dr. Brumbaugh and a group of friends had walked up to visit the C. C. C. camp and afterward drove up to the Tussey Mountain observation tower with Dr. and Mrs. Charles s. Shively. They walked up to the top of the tower, enjoyed the view and then returned to the car. It was while Dr. Shively was driving the car down the mountain to the spruce Creek camp, that Dr. Brumbaugh complained or pain, in his side. He changed seats so that he could stretch out on the back Meanwhile, Dr. Shively was driving as fast as possible to reach a physician. It is believed that Dr. Brumbaugh expired about 7:45 o' clock. When the party reached the Spruce Creek camp, Dr. Brumbaugh was carried into the Shultz cottage and Mrs. Francis S. Mainzer, a trained nurse, was called. She found that Dr. Brumbaugh nad been dead for about 20 minutes. A pnysician was called from Alexandria, but it was too late The cause of death was given as coronary thrombosis. Isaac Harvey Brumbaugh was born in Penn township, Huntingdon county, the only child to reach maturity of late Elder Henry Henry Boyer Brumbaugh and Susan Fink Peightel Brumbaugh. Early in his life his parents moved to Huntingdon where his father and uncle founded the Primitive Christian Printing establishment whose publication at that time was the official organ of the Brethren Church. Shortly afterward, the Brethren's Normal College, now Juniata College, was founded by Dr Brumbaugh's father, his uncle John Boyer Brumbaugh and his father's cousin, Dr. A. B. Brumbaugh. From that year, 1S76, Dr Brumbaugh was continuously associated with Juniata College in one capacity or another up to the day of his death. After attending the public Schools of Huntingdon, he studied in Juniata College graduating in the normal English course in 1886. Later, he entered Haverford College receiving his A. B. from that institution in 1892. In the same year he began to teach Latin in Juniata College, interrupted by a year's study at Harvard University in 1898, from which place he received his A. M. in 1899. He spent the summer of 1896 in studying education at Jena University in Germany. From 1896 to 1911 he was acting president of Juniata College. In the autumn of 1896, Dr. Brumbaugh became the factual executive head of Juniata College at which time Martin Grove Brumbaugh began teaching at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1911 he was elected president of Juniata College continuing in that office until 1923 after which he was professor or education and Latin. Throughout his long career as president and professor in Juniata College, he was most diligent in developing and maintaining Juniata College as a small college. •He established and held pleasant personal associations with the individual students. He was a firm believer in the desirability and efficacy of the liberal arts curriculum
and college. In his views and policies he represented the best features of that type of institution. He was a thorough scholar of the classics vitalizing- and humanizing the writings of the ancients in his teaching and interpretations. As the executive head of Juniata College, Dr. Brumbaugh was greatly interested in the Association of Pennsylvania College presidents. In 1922-1923 he was president of the association and for a long period was its secretary. In 1920 Dr. Brumbaugh received the honorary degree of Litt. D. from Ursinus College and in 1926 he received the honorary degree' of L. H. D. from his own Juniata. In 1919 he succeeded his father as a director of the Union National Bank ana""continued in that capacity to the time of his death. He was also a trustee of the J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital. He was & past president and active member of the Huntingdon Rotary Club. In 1804 he was elected Minister of the Brethren church. Throughout his life he preached frequently and was always a welcome guest in the churches of his own town and elsewhere, too. He was also active in the administrative activities of his church having served among other duties as a. trustee of the church's Old Folks Home at Martinsbur*, Pa. On April 26th, 1BOO, Dr. Brumbaugh married Amelia Johnson of Cambridge, Mass., who survives him. He is also survived by three daughters: Barbara, wife of Charles L. Reed, Jr., of Erie; Catherine, wife of Cyril O'Toole of New Haven, Conn.; and Marion, wife of Richartl Lamborn, of Brie. A son, Henry Martin Brumbaugh, died in childhood. Four grandchildren also survive: Charles L. Reed, 3rd, Kathleen O'Toole, Kenneth O'Toole anJ Richard Brumbaugh Lamborn. The funeral service will be held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock in the Stone Church on college hill. The body may be viewed between the hours of fl:<5 and 10:45 Thursday, only. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
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