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Ossian E. Mills

Ossian Everett Mills, American academic, founded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (died 1920)

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Born
February 16, 1856
Died
December 26, 1920
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1856

About Ossian E. Mills

Ossian Everett Mills was the founder of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity at the New England Conservatory of Music in 1898. Mills was the first president of the national fraternity, serving from 1901 to 1902 and again from 1904 to 1905. He founded the Sinfonia Club (now Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity) at the conservatory on October 6, 1898, and was elected its treasurer. That year, he founded and organized the students' annual Easter and Christmas "Song and Flower Mission" that visited the sick in Boston's city hospital.

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Ossian E. Mills timeline

  1. He founded the Sinfonia Club (now Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity) at the conservatory on October 6, 1898, and was elected its treasurer.
  2. Mills was the first president of the national fraternity, serving from 1901 to 1902 and again from 1904 to 1905.

The world when Ossian E. Mills was born

Ossian E. Mills was born in 1856. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineRep. Brooks canes Sen. Sumner on Senate floor
  • Technology milestoneFirst synthetic dye (mauveine) discovered
  • World population~1.36B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin Pierce
  • U.S. population27.1M

1856 versus 2026

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Measure18562026
Population27.1M341 million

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