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HOWARD UN IVERSITY .
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g e n e r a l
o f f i c e r s
o f
t h e
u n i v e r s i t y
.
Toward the completion of the prepara
tion of this work it was decided to include
herein the sketches and portraits of the
general officers of the University, because,
bv reason of their official positions, they
were intimately related to the Medical De
partment. The names are arranged in
the chronological order of their official
connection.
PR E S ID E N T S .
Charles B. Boynton, March 19 to Aug. 27,
1867.
Byron Sunderland, Aug. 27,1867, to April
5
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Oliver O. Howard, April 5, 1869, to Dec.
^B 1873.
George Whipple, elected June 16, 1875;
declined Nov. 10, 1875.
Edward P. Smith, Nov. 10, 1875, to June
15, 1876.
Win. W. Patton, elected April 25, 1877 ;
resigned to take effect Dec. 31, 1889.
J. Eames Rankin, Jan. 1, 1890, to date.
A C T IN G PR E S ID E N T S .
Amzi L. Barber, Sept. 9 to Nov. 18, 1872.
John M. Langston, Vice-President and
Acting President, Dec. 1, 1873, to
June 30, 1875.
F. W. Fairfield, Sept. 1 to Dec. 16, 1875 ;
Jan. 20, 1876, to June 30, 1877.
S E C R E T A R IE S .
E. M. Cushman, March 19 to Dec. 20,
1867.
E. W. Robinson, Dec. 20, 1867, to April
8, 1869.
John A. Cole, April 22, 1869, to April 1,
1872.
Joseph A. Sladen, April 1 to Aug. 5, 1872.
John A. Cole, Aug. 5 to Sept. 27, 1872.
Amzi L. Barber, Sept. 30,1872, to Dec. 27,
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Jas. B. Johnson, Dec. 27, 1873,to Jan*x
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1899.
Geo. H. Safford, Jan. 17, 1899, to date.
T R E A S U R E R S .
Geo. W. Balloch, March 19, 1867, t° April
1, 1872.
Eliphalet Whittlesey, April 1 to June 30,
1872.
John A. Cole, July 1 to Sept. 1, 1872.
James B. Johnson, June 22, 1872, to Jan.
17, 1899.
Geo. H. Safford, Jan. 17, 1899, to date.
F IN A N C IA L A G E N T S .
Eliphalet Whittlesey, April 8 to Oct. 1,
1867. (Office then discontinued.)
John A. Cole, March 15, 1869, to Aug. 1,
1872.
Charles A. Harvey, Dec. — , 1878, to
June — , 1888.
Wm. R. Eastman, Oct. 1, 1888, to Oct. 6,
1890.
Wm. A. Sinclair, Nov. 13, 1888, to date.
The Executive Committee of the Uni
versity is composed of several Trustees
with the President of the Board as Presi
dent,
ex-officio
, of the Committee. Some
members of the Committee served only a
comparatively short time, as W. E. Fin
ney, D. W. Anderson, John H. Cook and
T. L. Tullock. Others held some other
office, as O. O. Howard, E. W. Robinson,
J. E. Rankin, G. W. Balloch, J. M. Lang
ston and E. P. Smith, and their sketches
appear thereunder. There remain others,
each of whom served many years, as
W. F. Bascom, D. B. Nichols, W. J. Wil
son, F. H. Smith, O. F. Presbrey, Geo. E.
Baker, John M. Brown, F. J. Grimke, A. S.
Pratt, Wm. Waring and John P\ Cook.