Harvey Denison Kitchel

Harvey Denison Kitchel (February 3, 1812 – September 11, 1895) was a Congregationalist minister who served as the president of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, from 1866 until 1875.

Harvey Denison Kitchel
Kitchel posing with his six sons, circa 1870
President of Middlebury College
In office
1866–1875
Preceded byBenjamin Labaree
Succeeded byCalvin Butler Hulbert
Personal details
Born(1812-02-03)February 3, 1812
Washington County, New York, USA
DiedSeptember 11, 1895(1895-09-11) (aged 83)
East Liverpool
Columbiana County, Ohio
ChildrenHarvey S. Kitchel
Alma materMiddlebury College
ProfessionUniversity president; pastor
For the Arizona lawyer who was national campaign manager for the Barry M. Goldwater 1964 presidential election and a great-grandson of Harvey Denison Kitchel, see Denison Kitchel.

Kitchel graduated from Middlebury in 1835 and received his Doctor of Divinity in 1858. In 1865, he was awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree from Yale University.[1]

Kitchel was the grandfather of Cornelius P. Kitchel, the mayor of Englewood, New Jersey, from 1930 to 1933.[2] He was the great-grandfather of Denison Kitchel,[3] a Phoenix lawyer who was the national campaign manager of U.S. Senator Barry M. Goldwater's 1964 presidential bid against Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas.

References
  1. "Bulletin of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, December 1, 1931 Obituaries, p. 13" (PDF). mssa.library.yale.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  2. The New York Times, January 15, 1947, p. 25
  3. "William Lloyd Kitchel (1869-date of death unknown)". records.ancestry.com. Retrieved June 4, 2013.


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