Lemuel Moss
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Lemuel Moss (1829 - 1904) served as the sixth president of Indiana University.
[edit] Education
Cornell University (M.S. 1872), Indiana Medical College (M.D. 1875), Butler University (Ph.D. 1878)
[edit] Professional Background
Professor of Biology at Butler University (1875-1879), Professor of Biology and Zoology at Indiana University (1875-1885)
[edit] 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.
| Preceded by Cyrus Nutt |
President of Indiana University 1875 – 1884 |
Succeeded by David Starr Jordan |
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