Born: February 27,1863 (Washington County, OH)
Died: March 7, 1940 (Morgantown, West Virginia)
Education:
- Common and Private Schools of Preston County, WV
- B.A. Roanoke College
- M.A. Roanoke College
- Graduate work at Harvard University
Served:
- Vice President 1896 -1901
- Acting President (February 1898)
Taught:
- Latin, German, French; Latin 1901-1903
Notes:
- Delegate to General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church 1900, 1912, 1916
- Became first professor of Latin at West Virginia University
- Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (WVU)
- Acting President of WVU 1914-1916
- President of West Virginia University 1916-1928
Sources:
- Catalog: 1890-1907
- Haught, pages 111-112
- History of West Virginia, Old and New
- Murmurmontis: 1904 – p.4 (Bio); wrote 1905 – Our First Years; 1906-1908
PLM 6/14/2018