John Hoyt was the first President of the University of Wyoming from 1887-1890. He was born near Worthington, Ohio, October 13, 1831. He graduated at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1849, studied at ...

John Wesley Powell is born on March 24 in Mount ... Accepts a job at Illinois Wesleyan University as a Professor of Geology. March 26: Named curator of the Illinois Natural History Society at ...