He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1879 and pursued a career in education, philosophy, and psychology. After receiving his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1884, and teaching at various universities, Dewey became professor of philosophy at Columbia University in 1904, continuing in that position until 1931. During these years he changed the course of modern philosophy and education by his insistence upon taking the whole of human experience for the subject matter of philosophy and upon using experience as a proving ground for theory. Today the Psychology Department resides in John Dewey Hall honoring one of the great graduates of the University of Vermont. Education is not preparation for life.
Education is life itself.
Following graduation from the University of Vermont in 1902, Grace Goodhue moved to Northampton, MA and worked as a teacher at the Clarke School for the Deaf. While there she met fellow Vermonter Calvin Coolidge who was practicing law. The two married in the Goodhue home in Burlington in 1905. During her husband s term as Governor of Massachusetts, Grace remained in Northampton to raise their two sons. D.C. Following President Warren G. Harding s death in 1923, Calvin Coolidge succeeded to the Presidency serving in this capacity until 1929.