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A Biography of A. H. Dunn

Written by a Dunn student
Spring 1999

A. H. Dunn was born on August 14, 1866 in East Poland, Maine. He grew up in a rural manufacturing region and was taught by his father because of the poor conditions of the local schools at that time. Mr. Dunn was taught a variety of subjects, but mathematics and Latin were considered to be the most important. Both were prerequisites for college. Mr. Dunn's parents were educated compared to most other people in the community and they wanted their children to have a good education too. Dunn graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, with honors at the age of only nineteen.

While teaching high school in Alfred, Maine, he met Miss Sarah Littlefield. They were married September 5, 1889. After their marriage, the Dunns moved to Fairplay, CO where he had taught the previous year. He taught in Golden the following two years, and then moved to Fort Collins in 1893 to become the principal of the local high school. He held many offices within the local, state, and national school systems. He was an advocate of international diversity. He passed away in 1956 after living a long and full life.