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This list of presidents of Ohio University includes all who have served as president of Ohio University. [1] The university has known twenty-three leaders serve; and except for Super, Crook, McDavis, Nellis, Sherman, and Stewart Gonzalez, all presidents of the university have buildings named after them, most notably Alden Library, Baker ...
Provisions were laid out for an Office of President, to be elected by the Board of Trustees, in the document which first established Ohio University. The position remained unfilled, however, for the first 17 years of the University's existence.
All three legal charters placed Ohio University as the first institution of higher education founded and nourished by an act of Congress in America; the first in the territory northwest of the Ohio River; and the first in Ohio.
The first white settler of Richfield arrived in 1809: a man called Lancelot Mays. He came with his family seeking to get away from civilization.
Dr. M. Duane Nellis served as the 21st President of Ohio University from 2017 through 2021. He is currently President Emeritus of Ohio University and Trustee Professor.
The University opened in 1808 with one building, three students, and one professor, Jacob Lindley. One of the first two graduates of the University, Thomas Ewing, later became a United States senator and distinguished himself as cabinet member or advisor to four presidents.
History of Ohio University. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ohio University was first chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subsequently approved by the territorial legislature in 1802 and the Ohio General Assembly in 1804, [1] opening for students in 1809. [2]
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