Lawrence University

Lawrence University
founding	1847, 1964
Sponsorship	Private
place	Appleton
state	Wisconsin
country	United States
president	Mark Burstein
Students	1,500
Website	www.lawrence.edu

The Lawrence University is a small university in Appleton , Wisconsin .

history

The Lawrence Institute was founded in 1847 by Methodist preachers William Harkness Sampson, Henry Root Colman, and Shipowner Smith, and named after the merchant Amos A. Lawrence, who provided $ 10,000 to build a college. In 1913 it became Lawrence College and in 1964 Lawrence University . The university now teaches about 1,500 students. The university also includes the Lawrence Conservatory . Lawrence is considered one of the best small American “liberal arts colleges”.

President of the University

• 1849–1853: William Harkness Sampson ("principal")
• 1853–1859: Edward Cooke (first president)
• 1859-1865: Russell Zelotes Mason
• 1865–1879: George McKendree Steele
• 1879-1883: Elias DeWitt Huntley
• 1883-1889: Bradford Paul Raymond
• 1889-1893: Charles Wesley Gallagher
• 1893–1894: L. Wesley Underwood (Acting President)
• 1894-1924: Samuel G. Plantz
• 1924–1925: Wilson Samuel Naylor (Acting President)
• 1925-1937: Henry Merritt Wriston
• 1937–1943: Thomas Nichols Barrows
• 1943–1944: Ralph Jerome Watts (acting president)
• 1944–1953: Nathan Marsh Pusey
• 1954–1963: Douglas Maitland Knight
• 1963-1969: Curtis William Tarr
• 1969-1979: Thomas S. Smith
• 1979-2004: Richard Warch
• 2004-2013: Jill Beck
• since 2013: Mark Burnstein

Well-known graduates

• Eddie Kotal (1902–1973), American football player and coach, scout (sports)
• Joshua E. Sawyer , game developer

Web links

• Lawrence University website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Quick Facts , accessed on July 22, 2012 (English).
2. ^ Frontier: A State of Mind. In: Lawrence Alumni Magazines. 94, 1, autumn 2013, p. 10
3. ↑ Amos A. Lawrence & Reeder Smith on the Appleton Public Library website
4. ^ Lawrence University in the NNDB

Coordinates: 44 ° 15 ′ 38.8 "  N , 88 ° 23 ′ 57.6"  W.