University of Iowa - Hawkeye Yearbook (Iowa City, IA)

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CHARLES ASHMEAD SCHAEFFER, A.M., PH.D., President of the University. Born at Harrisburg, Pa., August 14, 1843. Graduated from sity of Pennsylvania in 1861, B.A. Attended Lawrence Scientific School (Harvard), 1863-65; Gottingen, 1867-68, Ph.D.; School of Mines (Berlin), 1868-69. Assistant in Chemistry, Union College, 1865-67. Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Cornell University, 1869-87; Dean of ulty, 1886-87. Became President of S. U. I. in 1887. Amos NOYES CURRIER, A.M., Professor Latin Language and Literature, and Dean of Collegiate Department. Born at Canaan, N. H., October 13, 1832. Graduated from mouth College in 1856, A.B.; in 1859, A.M. Taught six years in Central University, Pella; spent three and one-half years in military service. Became Professor in S. I. in 1867. Author of Latin Suffixes. WASHINGTON FREEMAN PECK, A.M., M.D., Professor of Surgery, Clinical Surgery, and Dean of the Medical Department Born at Galen, Wayne Co., N. Y., January 22, 1841. Graduated from Bellevue Medical College in 1863, M.D.; also served eighteen months as surgeon in Bellevue Hospital, receiving diploma. Operating surgeon in Lincoln General Hospital, during the war, for eighteen months. Located at Davenport in 1864; in 1868 appeared before the Board of Trustees of the S. U. I. and contributed largely towards the foundation of the Medical Department as a department of the University, was pointed by the Trustees to the position of Professor of Principles and Practice of Surgery and Clinical Surgery, and by the Medical Faculty elected Dean, all of which positions he has continually held, up to the present date. Author of various articles in medical periodicals.