Lemuel Moss

Lemuel Moss

Lemuel Moss (1829 - 1904) served as the sixth president of Indiana University.

Education

Rochester University (B.A. 1858), Rochester Theological Seminary (1860)

Professional Background

Professor of Biology at Butler University (1875-1879), Professor of Biology and Zoology at Indiana University (1875-1885)

Biography

In September 1875, the Reverend Lemuel Moss, a Baptist minister, came to Indiana University as its sixth president. During his administration the curriculum was expanded and there was an attempt to reduce faculty teaching loads and increase professorial salaries. He resigned in November 1884 to become a lecturer on Christian sociology at Bucknell University. He died in New York on July 12, 1904.


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