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Franklin Ridgeway Aydelotte (1880 –1956) was the first non-Quaker president of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. In the 1930s and during World War II, he helped evacuate intellectuals persecuted by the Nazis.

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Albert Einstein with Frank Aydelotte at Swarthmore College commencement ceremony, June 6, 1938, Leo Baeck Institute, F 5325C.