Seaman Knapp

From Rofflehaus

Seaman Asahal Knapp (December 16, 1833 – April 1, 1911) was the 2^nd president of ISU. Born in northern New York.

[edit] Education

• Troy Conference Acadmey (Green Mountain College)
• Union College with Phi Beta Kappa honors

[edit] Achievements

• Vice-president of Fort Edward Collegiate Institute (1856 – 1863)
• Assistant manager of Ripley Female College (Green Mountain College) (1864 – 1865)
• Methodist minister
• Head of the Iowa College for the Blind
• First chair of agriculture at ISU in 1879
• 2^nd ISU president from 1884 to 1885
• Started first demonstration farm in Terrell, Texas

Knapp and his wife Maria Elizabeth Hotchkiss were married in 1856 and had six children.

[edit] References

• Seaman Asahel Knapp Papers, RS 2/2, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.