Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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In Memorihm. $ohn Hancock, gg+Q mvi gvtne 1, 1891. Uteb 3Utflitst 5, 1891. Don 31, ® vouttt, gJtefc gjtanuarg 2, 1892.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Appointed. Chari.es W. Super (ex-officio) Athens (toy. William McKinley, Jr. (ex-officio) . Columbus Hon. Horace Wilson Columbus 1853 Hon. J. E. Hanna McConnelsville . 1854 Geo. M. Woodbridge, Esq Bellaire 1883 Hon. E. H. Moore Athens 1861 Hon. William Waddle. M.D Chillicothe 1804 Hon. H. S. Bundy Wellston 1864 Hon. Geo. W. Boyce Cincinnati 1875 Hon. Perry Wiles Zanesville 1882 Hon. V. C. Lowry Logan 1885 L. M. Jewett, Esq Athens 1887 Earl Cranston, D.D Cincinnati L888 David H. Moore, D.D Cincinnati L889 Robert E. Hamblin Pomeroy 1 890 Supt, C. C. Davidson Alliance 1891 Prof. A. Leue, Ph. I) Cincinnati 1891 Evan J Jones, Esq Athens 1892 Lucien J. Fenton, Esq Winchester 1892 Henry T. Brown. Esq Vthens L892 1 . F. Moreland Cincinnati .... 1892 OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. Ciias. W. SUPER, President. L. M. Jewett, Esq., Secretary and Audit Hon. E. H. Moore, Treasurer. 12

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|tn ijUnnotn am JOHN HANCOCK, LL.D. John Hancock was born February 18, 1825, in Clermont County, Ohio. He began his splendid career as an educator by teaching in district schools. But his talents were soon recognized, and promotion followed. He became principal of the intermediate schools of Cincinnati, a city that after- wards secured him as superintendent. In 1864 he became a soldier, enlisting in the hundred days ' service, After the close of the war he again took up the work of teaching. At one time he was at the head of a commercial college. He after- ward spent twenty years of his life in superintending schools at Cincinnati, Dayton and Chillicothe. He was still engaged in this work when elected to the office of State School Com- missioner, in 1888; the duties of which office he was faithfully performing at the time of his death, which occurred June 1, 1891. He was a most highly honored and efficient member of tin- Hoard of Trustees of the Ohio University, having been appointed in 1877. In his death the Ohio University lost a true friend, and the nation one of its distinguished educators.