FIRST - President of the College - Storrs, CT.
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A plaque in memory of Benjamin Franklin Koons, the first president of the Storrs Agricultural College, later to become the University of Connecticut, is located on North Eagleville Street, the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT.
Waymark Code: WM16THB
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2022
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The present University of Connecticut was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School. In 1893, the school became a public land grant college. It became the University of Connecticut in 1939.
A plaque on a rock outcrop is inscribed:
IN MEMORY OF
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KOONS,
B.A. PH.D.
1844 — 1903
INSTRUCTOR AT STORRS
1881 — 1903
FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE
ERECTED JUNE 11, 1905 BY THE GRADUATES
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