Walter Coffey

Walter Coffey (1876-1956) was the seventh president of the University of Minnesota, serving from 1941 to 1945.

Coffey was raised in Indiana. He received a degree from Franklin College. He latter went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign first as a sheep herder and later as a student and eventually a professor.

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Preceded by
Guy Stanton Ford
President of the University of Minnesota
1941 — 1945
Succeeded by
James Morrill