Lawrence Lee Pelletier

Lawrence Lee Pelletier (8 September 1914 – 10 August 1995) was the 16th president of Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania.

Following his graduation from Harvard in 1939, Pelletier began teaching (History and Government) at the University of Maine at Orono.

He published several studies on financing state and local government, the initiative and referendum in Maine, and the town manager plan.

In 1950 he was executive secretary to Maine Governor Frederick G. Payne, and sat on a committee that modernized the state’s tax structure.

Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court Arthur T. Vanderbilt led a search committee to replace the President of Allegheny College.