Adonijah Welch

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Dr. Adonijah Strong Welch (April 12, 1821 – March 13, 1889) was the 1^st president of ISU. Born in East Hampton, Connecticut to Bliss Welch and Elizabeth Strong. Presumably, Welch's first name comes from his maternal grandfather (Adonijah Strong Jr.) and his maternal grandfather's father (Adonijah Strong, Sr.). He died in Pasadena, California.

Contents 1 Education 2 Achievements 3 Family 4 References 5 External sites

[edit] Education

• BA University of Michigan
• MA University of Michigan
• LLD <?>

[edit] Achievements

• First principal of Michigan State Normal School (Eastern Michigan University) from 1852 to 1865
• Senator (R-FL) June 17, 1868 to March 3, 1869 (declined renomination to accept presidency @ ISU)
• 1^st ISU president from 1868 to 1883
  • Design of early campus
  • Helped develop agriculture and mechanical arts courses
• History of civilization and practical psychology chair from 1884 until death

[edit] Family

See main article: Welch family

Welch's first wife was Eunice P. Buckingham (married in 1859) and had three children. After Eunice's death in 1867 he married Mary Beaumont Dudley in 1868 and had two more children.

Mary established the first courses in what would be come the College of Family and Consumer Sciences.

[edit] References

• Adonijah Strong Welch Papers, RS 2/1, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library

[edit] External sites

• Congressional biography