William Watts Folwell

William Watts Folwell

William Watts Folwell (near Geneva, New York, 1833 – 1929) was a President of the University of Minnesota.

Folwell was just 36, and a Civil War veteran, when he became the University's first president, serving from 1869 to 1884. When Folwell assumed the University presidency there was but a single building, and the library consisted of only a 16 volume encyclopedia.

Folwell later became President of the Minnesota Historical Society serving there from 1924 to 1927. Folwell Hall on the East Bank of the Minneapolis side of the University is named for him.

Publications

Books written by Folwell:
*cite book | first = William Watts | last = Folwell | title = Minnesota, the North Star State | year = 1908 | publisher = Houghton Mifflin Co. | location = Boston; New York | oclc = 409032
*cite book | first = William Watts | last = Folwell | title = University Addresses | year = 1909 | publisher = H.W. Wilson | location = Minneapolis | oclc = 6362596
*cite book | first = William Watts | last = Folwell | title = Economic Addresses | year = 1918 | publisher = University of Minnesota | location = Minneapolis | oclc = 6389162
*cite book | first = William Watts | last = Folwell | title = A History of Minnesota| year = 1921–1930 | publisher = Minnesota Historical Society | location = St. Paul, Minn. | oclc = 376916
*cite book | first = William Watts | last = Folwell | coauthors = Buck, Solon J. | title = William Watts Folwell; The Autobiography and Letters of a Pioneer of Culture| year = 1933 | publisher = The University of Minnesota Press| location = Minneapolis | oclc = 2287639

External links

* [http://www1.umn.edu/pres/05_hist_folwell.html University of Minnesota, Office of the President]


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