Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Officers of the Faculty. James Henry Smart, A. M., LL. D President. 191 Columbia Street, LaFayette. A. M., Dartmouth, 1870; LL. D., Indiaua University, 18S3 ; Sigma Chi; Associate Editor New Hampshire Journal of Education, i860; Principal of Toledo (Ohio) schools, 1 863- 1 865 ; Superintendent Ft. Wayne schools, 1865-1875; State Superin- tendent of Public Instruction, 1876-1882; United States Commissioner to Paris Exposition, 1878; President National Educational Association, 1881 ; President of The National College Association, 1890. WiNTHROP Ellsworth Stone, A. M., Ph. D Vice-President. North Grant Street, West LaFayette. Stanley Coulter, A. M., Ph. D Secretary of the Faculty. 273 Main Street, LaFayette. Elizabeth D. Swan Librarian.

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Presidents of Purdue, Richard Owen, LL. D., M. D. Richard Owen was born on January 5, 1810, at Braxfield House, lyanarkshire, Scotland. Receiving his early education at Andersonian Institute, he made a specialty of Chemistry, Physics, German and French. In 1827 he came to this country and settled at New Harmony, Ind., as a teacher. In 1847 he acted as captain of U. S. Infantry in the Mexican War. In 1849 Dr. Owen accepted the chair of Natural Sciences in the Western Military Institute in Kentucky, which position he held for nine years. He received a degree from the Nashville College at this time. In 1864 he accepted the chair of Natural Sciences at Indiana Uni- versity, where he remained for fifteen years, spending his vacations in Europe, Asia and Africa. In 1872 the presidency of Purdue University was tendered to Dr. Owen, but in consequence of the delay in organiza- tion, he resigned to return to Indiana University, not leaving there until 1878. Dr. Owen took a very prominent part in the Civil War. In 1874 he received the degree of L,L. D. from Wabash College. He has a world- wide reputation for his scientific discoveries, all of which, together with his letters and lectures, have been published in scientific papers. He died of accidental poisoning at his home in New Harmony, on March 24, 1S90. Second President. Abraham C. Shortridge. Abraham C. Shortridge, the second President of Purdue University, was born October 22, 1833, in Henry county, Ind. In 1848 his family moved to Milton, Wayne county, where he attended school, and learned the printer ' s trade. Later he attended school at Fairview Academy, in Rush county, and then at Green Mount Academy, near Richmond, Ind. He then taught school for three years, his remuneration being at first but ten dollars a month. 13