Pollack rejected the move. in 1967, Jacob Gould Schurman III endowed the Schurman professorships in his honor. Cornell describes them as "one of the most prestigious chairs at the university." Personal life Jacob Gould Schurman married Barbara Forrest Munro (1865–1930) in 1884; they had seven children, including youngest daughter Dorothy Schurman Hawes, who wrote about China. Notes References Further reading External links Cornell Presidency: Jacob Gould Schurman Cornell University Library Presidents Exhibition: Jacob Gould Schurman (Presidency; Inauguration) 1854 births 1942 deaths Acadia University alumni Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Canadian emigrants to the United States Canadian people of Dutch descent Presidents of Cornell University Ambassadors of the United States to China Ambassadors of the United States to Germany People from Prince County, Prince Edward Island Ambassadors of the United States to Greece Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) New York State College of Forestry People from Bedford Hills, New York 20th-century American diplomats