Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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The Board of Trustees. « ts Hakrv S. Hopper, Eso , Chairman, 28 South Third street, Philadelphia. Rev. a. Judson Rowland, D.D., Secretary, 1420 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Rev. David P. Lea.s, .• .M., Treasurer, 400 South Fortieth street, Philadelphia. Rev. C. C. Bitting, D.D., Hon. James Buchanan, LL.D., John P. Crozer, Esq., Hiram E. Deats, Esq., C. i.viN Greene, Esq., Hon. William B. Hanna, D.C.L., President John H. Harris, LL.D., Harry S. Hopper, Esq ., Ebkn C. Jayne, Esq., Rev. David P. LE.A.S, A.M., Craige Lippincott, Esq., Hon. S. Hon. Harold M. McClure, A.M., D. Bright Miller, A.M., Gen. Charles Miller, A.M., George M. Philips, Ph.D., Rev. a. Judson Rowland, D. D., Rev. George M. Spratt, D.D., Rev. Lerov Stephens, D.D., James S. Swartz, Esq., Ernest L. Tustin, A.M., Esq., Joseph K. Weaver, A.M., M.D., Rev. Hhnrv G. Weston, D.D., LL.D. WoLVERTON, LL.D. Deceased.

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In vSeptcmber, 1862, when the War of the Rebellion had assumed proportions demanding most active measures on the part of the Government, Mr. ' olverton raised a Company of Eniergenc) ' , under the call of the Governor. Of this body he was captain, and served in the Eighteenth Pennsylvania Regiment, under Colonel Ralph McClay In June, 1863, he was elected captain of Company F of the Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, called for by the Governor, and served until mustered out in August. Mr. Wolverton, in November, 1S78, was nominated by the Democratic party and elected to the State Senate, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of A. H. Dill. He was reelected for four years in November, 1880, and so admirably had he represented the interests of his constituents that, in 1884, he was sent to the State Senate for another term. Although his district was strongly Republican, he was elected by large majorities at three successive elections, two of them in Presidential years. After ten years ' service he declined to again be a candidate. During his terms in the Senate he was a member of the Judiciary Committee, and ranked as a leading lawyer of that body, and was the author of many important measures now on the statute books of the State. During the .session of 1887 Mr. Wolverton was nominated by the Democrats of both Hou.ses as their choice for United States Senator, and he was also a candidate of his party for the Presidency of the Senate. He was again chosen, in 1890, as the Democratic standard bearer, being nominated in the Seventeenth Di-strict for the Fifty-second Congress, and elected by a large majority. In 1892 he was elected for another term, serving through the Fifty- third Congress. Although each time his majorit} ' was over 5,000, he declined to again be a candidate. While in Congress Mr. Wolverton was a member of the Judiciary Committee, and he was considered one of the most eminent lawj ' ers of the House. He was one of the principal movers in the construction of the Danville, Hazleton Wilke.sbarre Railroad, from Sunbury to Hazleton. He organized the Shamokin, Sunbury ; Lewi.sburg Railroad Company, for the construction of a railroad from vShamokin to West Milton, and acted in a managerial capacity. He was President of the company from its organization until after the road was leased to the Philadelphia Reading Railway Company, forming part of its main line between Philadelphia and Williamsport. Mr. Wolverton also organized an electric railway, and constructed its road, connecting vSunbury and Northumberland. Mr. Wolverton has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Bucknell University since i8yi. He has shown an active interest in the affairs of the University, and has attended all the regular meetings of the Board both at Lewi.sburg and Philadelphia.

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The Faculty and Other Officers, « « John IldWAUD Harris, Ph.D , LL.D., President, Pi-ofessor of P.sycholoi;y and Ethics. Frekman Loomis, a M., Ph.D., Professor of Modern Languaj os and Literature. George G. Groff, M.D.. Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Organic Sciences. Wii.i.iAM Cyrus BarToi,, A.M., Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. Frank Ernest Rockvvood, A.M., Professor of the Latin Language and Literature, and Dean of the College. William Gundy Owens, A.M., Professor of Physics and Chemistry. Enoch Perrine, A.M., Litt.D., John P. Crozer Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, and Secretary of the Faculty. Thomas Franklin Hamblin, A.M., New Jersey Professor of the Greek Language and Literature. Lincoln Hulley, A.M., Ph.D., Professor of History and Biblical Literature. William Emmet Martin, A.m., Professor of Logic and Anthropology. Miss Eveline Judith Stanton, Ph.M., Dean of the College Women. Llewellyn Phillips, A.M., Instructor in Elocution.