James Lewis Morrill papers

James Lewis Morrill was born in Marion, Ohio on September 24, 1891 and was the president of the University of Wyoming from 1942-45 when he was appointed president of the University of Minnesota. He served during a time of unprecedented growth in post World War II and oversaw enrollment of one of the largest veteran populations in the country. During Morrill’s tenure the Duluth Branch and the School of Agriculture at Waseca were established as well as the School of Veterinary Medicine on the St. Paul Campus and expansion to the West Bank was begun. Morrill resigned from the presidency in 1960 and became an educational consultant to the Ford Foundation. In 1962 the administration building on the Minneapolis campus was renamed Morrill Hall in his honor. He died on July 20, 1979 in Columbus, Ohio at the age of 87.