“Prior to his entering Yale, he attended the public schools of Plainfield and the Pingry Academy of Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he spent much of his youth. “

1900 and1910 Census have them in Chicago with two and then three children on Lexington Avenue. The Hyde Park neighborhood has a “ 5737 S. University. George Edgar Vincent house. c. 1897. English Gothic” designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw.

“George is the present business manager of the Chautauqua Assembly”
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893 History of the Town of Portville - Chapter XLIII (43) Page 1009

President (1907–15) of the Chautauqua Institution.

Began studying at Chicago in 1892. Taught sociology at the Univ. of Chicago from 1894 to 1911 and was dean of the faculty of arts, literature, and science from 1907 to 1911. He wrote An Introduction to the Study of Society (with A. W. Small, 1894) and Social Mind and Education (1897).

President U. of Minnesote 1911-1917,
“Like his predecessor Cyrus Northrop, George Edgar Vincent was a Yale graduate. He came to Minnesota from the University of Chicago, where he had been a faculty member and dean of its College of Art, Literature and Sciences. Influenced by his father’s role as an innovator in adult education and founder of the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, Vincent established the General Extension Division (later known as the College of Continuing Education) to provide access for adults to University of Minnesota classes. Also, during his administration connections were established between the Mayo Foundation and the Graduate School. In 1917 he left to become president of the Rockefeller Foundation. Under his leadership the foundation played a key role in spreading scientific-based research and information to India, China, and South America.” “During Vincent’s administration, John D. Rockefeller enlarged the endowment of the Foundation with an additional gift of $50,000,000 in order that Vincent still further might enlarge the scope of its worldwide medical activities in its battle against misery, pestilence, and disease.”

Wellesley College Commencement Speakers:
1916 - George Edgar Vincent, President of the University of Minnesota
1915 - William Howard Taft, former U.S. President, Professor of Law at Yale

Vincent was the Smith College Commencement Speaker in 1917

Head of Rockefeller Foundation 1917-1929.

1935 Pan American Conference in Santiago, Chile.

Living in Greenwick, Connecticut in 1937 when he received a Silver Buffalo award from the Boy Scouts.

Vincent Hall at the University of Minnesota was named for him in 1938.

The Vincent family papers are in the Yale Archives - Description of the Papers:
George Vincent's papers consist of texts and abstracts of speeches and articles on various topics in the fields of sociology, education, and public health (1912-1940). Included are a series of lectures delivered in Scandinavia under the auspices of the American-Scandinavian Foundation in 1933.
These papers were donated by George E. Vincent and by Gladys E. Russell between 1939 and 1941. Vincent Family Papers(MS 523) - 2

There are also G. E. Vincent papers in the Rockefeller Foundation Archives.