University of Utah - Utonian Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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DR. jOSEPH T. KINGSBURY President Emeritus UTAHB WRESIDENT EMERITUS HE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH has grown to its present standing as the result of the hard work and heroic endeavor of men and women of the pioneer days. Among those who have given their best efforts and scholarship to the building of the University is Dr. joseph T. Kingsbury, now President emeritus of the institu- tion, with which he has been connected for over 50 years. He attended the University from 1872 to 1875, and later entered Cornell Uni- versity, where he matriculated in Chemistry and Physics. Later he received the degrees of Ph. D. and A. M. from the Illinois Weslyan University. In 1878, Dr. Kingsbury became instructor in the University and from that time to the present has served the institution as professor and later as president, which position he held for nearly twenty years. Dr. Kingsbury took a very active part in establishing high schools throughout the State and spent many months in Visiting and gaining an insight into the edu- cational needs of the State; but his greatest work was the building of the Univer- sity on the present campus. While the site was picked out for a University in 1850 by the pioneers, it was Dr. Kingsbury who finally brought the Vision and dream of the pioneers to a realization, when the flrst University buildings were erected here in 1900. Dr. Kingsbury continues his work daily on the Campus assisting the students in finding employment, and wields a great inf1uence for the higher academic life.