Claim: Nathaniel Schmidt earned a docotorate of Hebrew letters from the Jewish Institute of Religion and later went on to teach Semitic Languages and Literature at Cornell University.
Evidence: The Jewish Institute of Religion conferred a doctorate of Hebrew letters upon him in 1931. He resigned in fall 1887 to take a position as professor of Semitic languages and literatures at Colgate University (1888–1896). Schmidt later held the same position at Cornell University (1896–1932) for thirty-six years.