The University > History > Past Presidents

Issac Crook
President: 1893-1896

• Descendant of Plymouth’s William Bradford and of a grandfather who fought at Bunker Hill.

• Reorganized and restructured the university’s academic program

• 1894 – Someone tried to set fire to Old Main and did burn down the Haish building.

• The official Wesleyan seal, which is still used today, was created in 1894.

• The colors yellow and brown are based upon the sunflower, the school’s earliest symbol; Sunflowers once filled the field where Old Main was built.

< previous | index | next >