Where was LeRoy D. Brown educated between Aug 1878 and Nov 1878?
LeRoy D . Brown LeRoy D . Brown was the first president of University of Nevada . History . Nevada became a state in 1864 . Its constitution mandated the establishment of a state university with departments in agriculture , the mechanic arts , and mining , along with a state normal school for teacher training . The constitution specified that the state university would be controlled by an elected Board of Regents . The Nevada Legislature established the first State University campus in Elko , Nevada . Its Preparatory Department opened for enrollment in October 1874 with the goal of enhancing Nevadas young people to be ready for college-level study . D . R . Sessions served as Principal of the preparatory department . The Elko campus closed on July 15 , 1885 , when it was determined that Reno would provide a larger population for higher education students . The Board of Regents selected Dr . Leroy D . Brown to be the first president of the University of Nevada at the new Reno campus . A veteran of the American Civil War , he had taught in Ohio for twenty years and had been elected to the office of Commissioner of Education in Ohio . He was working for a bank in Ohio when he was recruited to Nevada . His administration began in September , 1887 , before the first campus building , Morrill Hall , was completely constructed . By October , 50 students were enrolled . The Board of Regents selected Hannah Keziah Clapp of Carson City to be his assistant and a faculty member of the University . President Brown established the departments of mining and metallurgy , natural science and the Nevada State Normal School . The Secretary of War detailed a U . S . Army officer to provide drill and military tactics instruction to all male students . The first group of cadets was organized in the fall of 1888 . Lieutenant Arthur C . Ducat was also employed as Professor of Modern Languages , later providing drawing instruction and calisthenics training for female students the first physical education curriculum at the University . President Brown and the other faculty developed organized a curriculum involving three areas of study : the School of Liberal Arts , the School of Agriculture , and the School of Mechanic Arts and Mining . The Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station was founded in response to the Congressional Hatch Act of March 2 , 1887 . Hatch Hall was completed in 1889 , becoming the second building on the Reno campus . By the end of Browns administration , the School of Mechanic Arts was separate from the School of Mining , and a Business ( Commercial ) Department had been created . The Commercial Department was for non-college students . Its first diplomas were issued in 1889 . He resigned on January 1 , 1890 , later sending his son to attend the University . Timeline . - 1848 - Born in Center Township , Noble County , Ohio on November 3 . Developed a reading habit , early in his life and visited the old township library in his neighborhood . - 1864 - Ran away from home and enlisted as a member of Company H , 116 O . V . I . in which he served until the end of the war . - 1866-1867 – Taught school - 1867 – Brown prepared for college at an academy in Athens , Ohio - 1869 – Became a student and was later awarded graduation at Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware , Ohio . ( A.B . ’79 , A.M ’82 ) - 1871 – Appointed Noble County Examiner - 1873 – Principal of graded school in Newport , Ohio - 1874 – Called to superintendency of the Belpre Ohio schools - 1875 – Superintendent at Eaton , Ohio - 1878 – Married Miss Esther Emma Gable of Eaton , Ohio - 1879 – Brown was elected to position of Superintendent of Public schools at Hamilton , Ohio and was reelected and held the office until he became State Commissioner . - 1883 – Earned Ph.D . at Baker University , San Luis Obispo . - 1884-1887 – Entered into a three year office as Ohio State Commissioner of Common Schools . - 1887 – Brown moved his family to Alliance , Ohio to pursue the banking business . - 1887 – 1890 - At age 38 , LeRoy Brown received an offer and moved his family of seven ( wife , Esther , plus five small children ) to Reno , Nevada to become Nevada State University President ( September 1887 - January 1 , 1890 ) . - 1890-1892 – Became supervising Principal of Santa Monica Schools from 1890-1892 - 1893 to 1894 – moved to Los Angeles and became superintendent of city schools . He was reelected for another year and his salary was raised from $2,700 to $3,000 per year . Two weeks later he resigned , as he preferred the principal position of a High School and there was a vacant position . - 1898 – Died January 13 . San Luis Obispo , California