Leigh Hunt

From Rofflehaus

Leigh Smith John Hunt (1855 – October 5, 1933) was the 3^rd president of ISU. Born in Indiana and died in Las Vegas, Nevada.

[edit] Education

• Undergraduate degree from Middlebury College via correspondence course
• Independent study of law; passed Indiana bar exam

[edit] Achievements

• Taught in a public school in Indiana
• Superintendent of Mount Pleasant, Iowa schools in 1880
• Superintendent of East Des Moines Independent School District, Des Moines in 1882
• 3^rd ISU president from 1885 to 1886
• Business man:
  • Newspaper publisher 1886
  • Real estate developer
  • Bank president
  • Operated a gold mine in Korea in 1893
  • Grew cotton in Sudan from 1904 to 1910
  • Mining, agriculture, and land development in Las Vegas, Nevada

Hunt and his wife Jessie Noble were married in 1885 and had two children, Helen & Henry.

[edit] References

• Leigh Smith John Hunt Papers, RS 2/3, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.