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The Reverend Dr. '''Guy Potter Wharton Benton''' (born [[May 26]], [[1865]]) was an American educator who served as president of [[Miami University]] from 1902-1911 and the [[University of the Philippines]] from 1921-1925. While at Miami University, he is credited with being instumental in the founding of [[Delta Zeta]] Sorority in 1902.
He was born to Daniel Webster and Harriet (Wharton) Benton in [[Kenton, Ohio]]. After serving as superintendent of schools at [[Fort Scott, Kansas]] (1890-95), he became asistant state superintendent of public instruction in [[Kansas]] (1895-96). He was professor of history and sociology at [[Baker University]] (1896-99) and assumed the presidency of [[Upper Iowa University]] in 1899 and served until 1902 when he became president of Miami University. He left Miami to become president of the [[University of Vermont]] 1911-1919. He was educational director of the [[Third United States Army|Third Army]] occupying Germany following WWI. He served as the third president of the American University of the Philippines from 1921-1925.
He was an ordained [[Methodist]] minister.
Benton was a graduate of [[Ohio Wesleyan University]] where he was a member of [[Phi Delta Theta]] fraternity, of which he was later national president. For his help in the founding of Delta Zeta, he was named Grand Patron and is the only man ever permitted to wear the Delta Zeta member badge.
He is buried in the Miami University plot of the Oxford Cemetery and his headstone indicates that he was "President of Miami Univesity" and "National President of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity."
===Sources===
Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. Dodge. Burlington: Ullery, 1912, p 118-119
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