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    How is "John the Baptist of the age of the American university” related in name to the death of Van Johnson ?

    Question #101680. Asked by BRY2K. (Dec 14 08 4:42 AM)


    edmund80

    By the name "Tappan".

    Henry P. Tappan was the chancellor of the University of Michigan from 1852 to 1863 and has been called the "John the Baptist of the age of the American University."
    http://books.google.com/books?id=E9QOfEZrrLYC&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=john+the+baptist+of+the+age+of+the+american+university&source=bl&ots=rKmJWpO5DV&sig=4bRSEU7kuL2NA6EAhfSMT16Kv1E&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result

    Van Johnson, Hollywood movie and TV star, recently passed away on December 12, 2008 of natural causes at the Tappan Zee Manor, an assisted living facility in Nyack, New York.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Johnson#Personal_life

    Dec 14 08, 4:45 PM
    BRY2K

    Yeah...you got it! Great work.

    Dec 14 08, 5:08 PM


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