Cornell History: "The Wizard of Oz” and Cornell August 25, 1939 "The Wizard of Oz" is released in theaters, with several Cornell connections. Author L. Frank Baum married Cornellian Maud Gage, Class of 1884, who dropped out to be with her husband, a traveling actor. Her brother, Clarkson, was a Class of 1872 Cornellian. Two Baum children attended Cornell: Frank Joslyn Baum, Class of 1905, and Robert Stanton Baum, Class of 1909. And the actor who played the wizard, Frank Morgan, Class of 1912, attended Cornell but did not graduate
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