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PIONEER COLONEL DUNCAN MCGREGOR Dun.can McGregor was born on a farm in Perthshire, Scotland, August 12, 1836. He was twenty years old when his father's family came to America and settled on a farm in VVaupaca County, this state. Later the family moved to Portage County. Before coming to America, Mr. McGregor had received an education in the Perth Academy and at King's College, Aberdeen. Shortly after his arrival in Wisconsin he entered Lawrence Un.iversity, Appleton, and soon was graduated with the degree of A. B. Subsequently he received the degrees of Master of Arts a11d Doctor of Literature from the same institution. Mr. McGregor began his teaching career at Farmington, Marathon County, in 1858, at a salary of eighteen dollars per month. From 1861 to 1864 he was principal of the high school at Waupaca, which position. he left for service in the civil war as Captain of Company A, 42nd Regiment of Wisconsin Infantry. He re- turned at the close of the rebellion to be principal at Waupaca again. Then in 1867, in the year following the opening of the first State Normal School at Platteville, he was -elected to thc chair of mathematics, and thereafter he re- 1nain.ed actively engaged in the Normal till 1904, being successively Professor -of Mathematics, Institute Conductor, and Supervisor of Practice, before becom- ing President, which position he held from 1879 to 1894 and again from 1897 to 1904. Being appointed Regent upon his resignation. as President, his connection is still maintained with the Normal, making forty-four years of continuous service,-a length of time not matched by any other educator connected with the normal school system. Dr. McGregor has also been president of the Wiscon- sin State Teachers' Association, and a member of the State Board of Examiners for Teachers, and at one time he wrote a small book on Drawing. Mr. McGregor was married in 1865, and with the exception of the first two years, the whole of his married life has been spent in Platteville. After resigning the presi- -dency of the Normal, Mr. McGregor served the state as a member of the Assembly for two terms, and at present he is honored by being private secretary to the Governor of the state and colonel on the Governor 's Staff. 1914-
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