Evan Pugh

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Evan Pugh
Penn State University
Term	1859 – 1864
Predecessor	Inaugural
Successor	William Henry Allen
Born	February 29, 1828(1828-02-29) Oxford, Pennsylvania
Died	April 29, 1864 (aged 36) State College, Pennsylvania
Alma mater	University of Göttingen

Evan Pugh (February 29, 1828 — April 29, 1864) was the first president of the Pennsylvania State University, serving from 1859 until his death in 1864. An agricultural chemist, he was responsible for securing Penn State's designation in 1863 as a land-grant institution under the Morrill Land Grant Act.

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• Penn State Historical Markers
• Penn State Presidents and their achievements
• Vice President for Research
• Penn State Agriculture Magazine
• ExplorePAhistory.com Historical Markers

v • d • e Presidents of Pennsylvania State University Evan Pugh (1859) · William Henry Allen (1864) · John Fraser (1866) · Thomas Henry Burrowes (1868) · James Calder (1871) · Joseph Shortlidge (1880) · James Y. McKee (1881) · George W. Atherton (1882) · James A. Beaver (1906) · Edwin Erle Sparks (1908) · John Martin Thomas (1921) · Ralph Dorn Hetzel (1927) · James Milholland (1947) · Milton S. Eisenhower (1950) · Eric A. Walker (1956) · John W. Oswald (1970) · Bryce Jordan (1983) · Joab Thomas (1990) · Graham Spanier (1995)

Persondata
NAME	Pugh, Evan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	First president of Penn State University
DATE OF BIRTH	February 29, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oxford, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	April 29, 1864
PLACE OF DEATH	State College, Pennsylvania