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| name =Arthur E. Bestor
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| birth_name =Arthur Eugene Bestor
| birth_date = 1879
| birth_place = [[Dixon, Illinois]]
| death_date = February 3, 1944
| death_place = [[New York, New York]]
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| occupation = Educator
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| spouse = Jeanette Lemon
| children =[[Arthur E. Bestor Jr.]]<br/>Mary Francis Bestor Cram<br/>[[Charles Lemon Bestor]]
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'''Arthur Eugene Bestor''' (1879 – February 3, 1944) was an educator. He served as the President of [[Chautauqua Institution]] in [[Chautauqua, New York]], from 1915 to his death in 1944.
==Biography==
'''Arthur Eugene Bestor''' (1879–1944) was an educator who served with distinction as President of [[Chautauqua Institution]] in [[Chautauqua, New York]] from 1915 to 1944. Bestor was a national force for [[adult education]] and under his twenty-five year administration, the Institution grew from an assembly for teachers and ministers with modest facilities to a wide-ranging summer program with a [[symphony orchestra]], an [[opera]] company, a resident [[repertory theater]] company, and celebrated lecturers.▼
===Early life===
Arthur Eugene Bestor was born in 1879 in [[Dixon, Illinois]].<ref name=NYTobit>{{Citation | title=A. E. Bestor Dies; Chautauqua Head | newspaper=The New York Times | publication-place=New York, New York | date=February 5, 1944 | url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1944/02/05/83964844.pdf }}</ref>
===Career===
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===Personal life===
He was married to Jeanette Lemon.<ref name=NYTobit/> They had three children:
*[[Arthur Bestor|Arthur E. Bestor Jr.]]<ref name=NYTobit/> He was a distinguished professor of American intellectual and constitutional history, and an important critic of American educational practices.
*Mary Francis Bestor Cram.<ref name=NYTobit/> She was a leader of lay organizations in the American Baptist Church and the Young Women's Christian Association, serving as president of the U.S. organization.
*[[Charles Lemon Bestor]].<ref name=NYTobit/> He was a composer of contemporary classical music, a music educator, and professor of music (emeritus) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
===Death===
He died on February 3, 1944, in [[New York City]].<ref name=NYTobit/>
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[[Category:1879 births]]
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[[Category:Educators from New York City]]
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