death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor religion title profession birth_date term_start order spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
29 april 1864 state college , pennsylvania inaugural oxford , pennsylvania william henry allen quaker president of the pennsylvania state university professor pennsylvania agricultural college of pennsylvania -rrb- , 1859-1864 , president of farmers ' high school -lrb- 29 february 1828 1859 1st rebecca valentine pugh evan pugh - penn state.jpg evan pugh
 1864 evan pugh university of göttingen
evan pugh

evan pugh -lrb- february 29 , 1828 -- april 29 , 1864 -rrb- was the first president of the pennsylvania state university , serving from 1859 until his death in 1864 .
an agricultural chemist , he was responsible for securing penn state 's designation in 1863 as a land-grant institution under the morrill land grant act .
he was buried in union cemetery in bellefonte , pennsylvania , along with his wife , rebecca valentine pugh .
