Guy W. Bailey

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name= Guy W. Bailey | image= Guy W. Bailey (Vermont Secretary of State).jpg | caption= | office1= [[Secretary of State of Vermont]] | term_start1= 1908 | term_end1= 1917 | governor1= [[George H. Prouty]]<br>[[John A. Mead]]<br>[[Allen M. Fletcher]] | predecessor1= [[Frederick G. Fleetwood]] | successor1= Frederick G. Fleetwood | office2= Member of the [[Vermont House of Representatives]] from [[Essex, Vermont|Essex]] | term_start2=1904 | term_end2=1908 | predecessor2=Pearl Castle Abbey | successor2=Allen Martin | birth_date= {{Birth date|1876|05|27|mf=y}} | birth_place= [[Hardwick, Vermont|Hardwick]], Vermont, US | death_date= {{Death date and age|1940|10|22|1876|05|27|mf=y}} | death_place= [[Boston]], Massachusetts, U.S. | resting_place=Village Cemetery, [[Essex Junction, Vermont]] | spouse= Mabel G. Brigham (m. 1904) | children = 1 | profession= Lawyer<br/>politician<br/>college administrator | alma_mater= [[University of Vermont]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] }} {{Eugenics in America|proponents}}

'''Guy Winfred Bailey''' (May 7, 1876 – October 22, 1940) was an American politician and educator. He served as [[Secretary of State of Vermont]] and president of the [[University of Vermont]].

==Biography== Guy Winfred Bailey was born in [[Hardwick, Vermont]], on May 7, 1876.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}} He was raised and educated in [[Essex Junction, Vermont|Essex Junction]], where his father owned and operated the Bailey Granite Monument Company.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}}

Bailey graduated from [[Burlington High School (Vermont)|Burlington High School]] in 1896,{{sfn|"The University's New President"}} and the [[University of Vermont]] in 1900.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}}{{sfn|"The University's New President"}} While at UVM, Bailey joined the [[Alpha Tau Omega]] fraternity.{{sfn|"In Memoriam, Guy W. Bailey"}} He studied law at the Burlington office of [[Rufus E. Brown]] & Russell W. Taft, and was admitted to the bar in 1904.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}}{{sfn|"The University's New President"}} A [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], he served as village president of Essex Junction from 1901 to 1904,{{sfn|"The University's New President"}} and a member of the [[Vermont House of Representatives]] in 1904 and 1906.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}}{{sfn|"The University's New President"}}

In 1908, Bailey was elected secretary of state.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}} He was reelected four times, and served from October 1908 until resigning in August 1917.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}} From 1912 to 1914, he served again as Essex Junction's village president.{{sfn|"Alumni Day: Election of Guy W. Bailey"}} Bailey had been a trustee of the University of Vermont since 1914, and left the secretary of state's position to become UVM's comptroller.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}}{{sfn|"The University's New President"}} In August 1919, Bailey was appointed acting president of the university.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}}{{sfn|"The University's New President"}} In June 1920 he became president, and he held this position until his death.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}}{{sfn|"The University's New President"}}

The study of [[eugenics]] flourished in Vermont during the first half of the twentieth century, and the [[Eugenics Survey of Vermont]] became the first privately funded research project at UVM.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey (1876–1940)"}} Bailey served on the Survey's Advisory Committee, and aided the effort by negotiating for and administering the sponsors' funding.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey (1876–1940)"}}

During Bailey's presidency, the university undertook a large expansion and modernization program, including construction of several new buildings.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}} He also worked to reduce expenses during the [[Great Depression]], in addition to seeking scholarships and loans for students who needed them in order to remain in school during the economic downturn.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}}{{sfn|"Guy W. Bailey, Head of U. of Vermont, Dies"}} After Bailey's death, university administrators discovered that the school had been operating with an annual budget deficit of more than $500,000, and he had used [[Financial endowment|endowment funds]] to cover current expenses; as a result, his management of UVM's finances became the subject of negative press attention.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}}

==Death and burial== Bailey died in [[Boston]], Massachusetts on October 22, 1940.{{sfn|"Guy W. Bailey, Head of U. of Vermont, Dies"}} He was buried at Essex Junction Village Cemetery.{{sfn|"Some 800 Persons at Funeral for President Bailey"}}

==Family== On December 22, 1904, Bailey married Mabel G. Brigham of Essex Junction.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}} They were the parents of a son, Winthrop, who was born and died in 1905.{{sfn|"Death Record for Winthrop Bailey"}}

==Legacy== Bailey received the honorary degree of [[Legum Doctor|LL.D.]] from the University of Vermont, [[Middlebury College]], and [[Norwich University]].{{sfn|"In Memoriam, Guy W. Bailey"}}

In the years after the [[Great Depression]], UVM alumni sought to rehabilitate Bailey's reputation, which included the publication of a tribute book, ''Thank You, Guy Bailey''.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}} When the university trustees voted to construct a new library in 1961, they named it in Bailey's honor.{{sfn|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}} This facility was expanded in 1980 and was known as the Bailey/Howe Library; David Howe was a 1914 graduate of UVM, and the longtime publisher of ''[[The Burlington Free Press]]''.{{sfn|"Bailey-Howe Library"}}

==Historical view== In February 2018 students and staff members protesting racism at the University of Vermont demanded that President Thomas Sullivan change the name of the Bailey/Howe Library because of Bailey's connection to eugenics.{{sfn|"UVM hunger strike ends"}} The University formed a study committee, which recommended dropping Bailey's name.{{sfn|"'Howe' Now: UVM Drops 'Bailey'"}} The university's leadership agreed, and in October 2018, it was renamed the David W. Howe Memorial Library.{{sfn|"'Howe' Now: UVM Drops 'Bailey'"}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Sources== ===Internet=== *{{cite web |url=https://www.uvm.edu/president/formerpresidents/?Page=bailey.html |title=Biography, Guy W. Bailey (1920–1940) |website=Former presidents |publisher=University of Vermont |location=Burlington, VT |access-date=January 23, 2017 |ref={{sfnRef|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey"}} |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914172846/https://www.uvm.edu/president/formerpresidents/?Page=bailey.html |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |url-status=dead }} *{{cite web |url=https://www.uvm.edu/~eugenics/bailey.html |title=Biography, Guy W. Bailey (1876–1940) |last=The Eugenics Survey of Vermont: Participants & Partners |date=March 1, 2001 |website=Vermont Eugenics: A Documentary History |publisher=University of Vermont |location=Burlington, VT |access-date=December 1, 2018 |ref={{sfnRef|"Biography, Guy W. Bailey (1876–1940)"}}}} *{{cite web |url=https://www.uvm.edu/~hp206/2007/marshall/baileyhowelibrary/baileyhowelibrary.html |title=Bailey-Howe Library |last=Marshall |first=Lindsay |year=2007 |website=UVM Historic Preservation Program |publisher=University of Vermont |location=Burlington, VT |ref={{sfnRef|"Bailey-Howe Library"}}}} *{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/ |title=Vermont Vital Records, 1720–1908, Death Record for Winthrop Bailey |last=Martin |first=Allen, Essex (VT) Town Clerk |date=December 13, 1905 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com LLC |location=Lehi, UT |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Death Record for Winthrop Bailey"}}}}

===Newspapers=== *{{cite news |date=June 28, 1920 |title=The University's New President |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/197957128/ |newspaper=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |page=9 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"The University's New President"}}}} *{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=October 23, 1940 |title=Guy W. Bailey, Head of U. of Vermont, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/114527026/ |newspaper=Poughkeepsie Eagle-News |location=Poughkeepsie, NY |page=1 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Guy W. Bailey, Head of U. of Vermont, Dies"}}}} *{{cite news |date=October 26, 1940 |title=Some 800 Persons at Funeral for President Bailey |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/197710815/ |newspaper=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |page=13 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Some 800 Persons at Funeral for President Bailey"}}}} *{{cite news |last1=DeSmet |first1=Nicole Higgins |last2=Baird |first2=Joel Banner |date=February 26, 2018 |title=UVM hunger striker ends campaign as students stage sit-in, confront Sullivan |url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/vermont/2018/02/23/uvm-hunger-striker-ends-campaign-students-stage-sit/366544002 |work=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |ref={{sfnRef|"UVM hunger strike ends"}}}} *{{cite news |last=Walsh |first=Molly |date=October 26, 2018 |title='Howe' Now: UVM Drops 'Bailey' From Library Name Over Eugenics Ties |url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2018/10/26/howe-now-uvm-drops-bailey-from-library-name-over-eugenics-ties |work=Seven Days |location=Burlington, VT |ref={{sfnRef|"'Howe' Now: UVM Drops 'Bailey'"}}}}

===Magazines=== *{{cite magazine |year=1917 |title=Alumni Day: Election of Guy W. Bailey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wscgAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Mr.+Bailey+was+president+of+the+village+of+Essex+Junction+from+1901+to+1904%2C+and+from+1912+to+1914%22 |magazine=University of Vermont Notes |volume=14–16 |location=Burlington, VT |publisher=University of Vermont Notes |page=6 |quote=Mr. Bailey was president of the village of Essex Junction from 1901 to 1904, and from 1912 to 1914 |ref={{sfnRef|"Alumni Day: Election of Guy W. Bailey"}}}} *{{cite magazine |year=1940 |title=In Memoriam, Guy W. Bailey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2sbmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22brown+and+taft%22 |magazine=The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega |volume=60 |number=5 |location=Indianapolis, IN |publisher=High Council of Alpha Tau Omega |page=27 |ref={{sfnRef|"In Memoriam, Guy W. Bailey"}}}}

==External links== *{{Find a Grave|68254197}}

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