The Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds from sales of federally owned land,often obtained from Native American tribes through treaty,cession,or seizure. The Morrill Act of 1862 was enacted during the American Civil War,and the Morrill Act of 1890 expanded this model.
Willis Chatman Hawley was an American politician and educator in the state of Oregon. A native of the state,he would serve as president of Willamette University in Salem,Oregon,where he earned his undergraduate and law degrees before entering politics. A Republican,he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Oregon from 1907 to 1933 where he co-sponsored the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act in 1930.
Lot Myrick Morrill was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of Maine,as a United States senator,and as U.S. secretary of the treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant. An advocate for hard currency rather than paper money,Morrill was popularly received as treasury secretary by the American press and Wall Street. He was known for financial and political integrity,and was said to be focused on serving the public good rather than party interests. Morrill was President Grant's fourth and last Secretary of the Treasury.
John Allen Roush is an American former academic administrator who was the 20th president of Centre College from 1998 to 2020. A graduate of Ohio University,Roush earned graduate degrees,and began his career,at Miami University,where he became executive assistant to the president in 1976. He departed to the University of Richmond in 1982,where he spent six years in administration before being elected to Centre's presidency. During his 22-year term,Centre established four student scholarship programs,nearly doubled the size of its faculty,led several successful fundraising campaigns,and renovated numerous academic,athletic,and residential buildings on campus. He announced his resignation in May 2019,effective June 2020,and was succeeded by Milton C. Moreland upon leaving office. Since that time,he has maintained his position on the University of Richmond board of trustees,received two honorary degrees,and spoken at Wofford College during its opening convocation in September 2021. In May 2021,Centre's Campus Center was renamed the Roush Campus Center,in honor of Roush and his wife,Susie.
John Stephen Morrill is a British historian and academic who specialises in the political,religious,social,and cultural history of early-modern Britain from 1500 to 1750,especially the English Civil War. He is best known for his scholarship on early modern politics and his unique county studies approach which he developed at Cambridge. Morrill was educated at Trinity College,Oxford,and became a fellow of Selwyn College,Cambridge,in 1975.
Frederick Lawson Hovde was an American chemical engineer,researcher,educator and president of Purdue University.
Joseph Luther Kelly was a Virginia lawyer and judge who served twice on the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. He was elected as the president of the court in his first tenure.
Charles Sumner Murkland was the first elected President of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts following the college's move from Hanover to Durham in the United States. While a scholar and executive,his lack of an agricultural background made him a surprising choice for the position. While President,Murkland proposed adding preparatory classes and a two-year degree and during his first year Graduate study was also established.
Otto Richard Skopil Jr. was an American attorney and judge in the state of Oregon. The native Oregonian was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1979 to 1986. Previously,he was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon from 1972 to 1979,and was the chief judge of that court from 1976 to 1979. Of German ancestry,he was a veteran of World War II and received both his undergraduate education and law degree from Willamette University.
Thomas Milton Gatch was an American educator and politician in Oregon. He served one term as mayor of Salem,Oregon,was the president of what would become Oregon State University,served as president of the University of Washington,and twice served as president of Willamette University. A native of Ohio,he was the first president of Oregon State University to hold a doctorate degree.
Earl Bruce Heilman was an American educator who served as president of the University of Richmond and Meredith College. He last held the positions of chancellor at the University of Richmond and National Spokesman of The Greatest Generations Foundation.
Samuel Alston Banks was an American professor,theologist,pastor,and academic administrator. He served as president of two American colleges and universities. He was ordained by the United Methodist Church. Banks had advocated in the early 1960s curricular changes to include human values in medical education.
The President of the University of Richmond is the chief administrator of the University of Richmond and an ex officio member of the university's Board of Trustees. The current president is Kevin Hallock,formerly the dean of the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University.
Walter Clarence Winslow was an American attorney in Oregon. A native of the state,he practiced law in Salem and later served temporarily on the Oregon Supreme Court. In legal practice he worked for brothers John Hugh McNary and Charles L. McNary in his early years as a lawyer.
Richard Cannon Erwin was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina and politician who was the first African American to be elected to statewide office in North Carolina.
Richard D. Remington was an acting President of the University of Iowa,serving from 1987 to 1988. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees,both in Mathematics,from the University of Montana and his M.P.H. and Ph.D. in Public Health Statistics from the University of Michigan. He married Betty Brooks Morrison on Dec. 28,1952. From 1982 to 1988,he was the vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculties at the University of Iowa,and was acting president from 1987 to 1988. He also served as director of the Institute for Health,Behavior and Environmental Policy at the University of Iowa's College of Medicine. He held the position of UI Foundation Distinguished Professor of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health,which he retained until his death in 1992.
The history of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University,the first land grant college for people of color in the state of North Carolina,can be traced back to 1890,when the United States Congress enacted the Second Morrill Act which mandated that states provide separate colleges for the colored race. The "Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race" was established On March 9,1891 by an act of the General Assembly of North Carolina and began in Raleigh,North Carolina as an annex to Shaw University. The college made a permanent home in Greensboro with the help of monetary and land donation by local citizens. The college granted admission to both men and women from 1893 to 1901,when the board of trustees voted to restrict admission to males only. This policy would remain until 1928,when female students were once again allowed to be admitted.
Harold L. Martin Sr. is an American engineer,educator,former chancellor of Winston-Salem State and current chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He is the first alumnus in the history of North Carolina A&T to hold the position of Chancellor. Under his leadership,N.C. A&T has become the nation's largest historically black university (HBCU),its top-ranked public HBCU and North Carolina's third most productive public research university. It has also increased its standing as a land-grant institution and doctoral research university.
Richard M. Dougherty is an American librarian and educator who was the director of libraries at both the University of California,Berkeley and the University of Michigan. He served as the president of the American Library Association from 1990 to 1991,focusing on bringing attention to information access issues and supporting children's literacy.
Henry Aubrey Strode was an American academic and school administrator who served as the first president of Clemson University.
