death_date children birth_date image article_title name
13 july 1884 william alfred packard alpheus spring packard , jr. 23 december 1798 alpheus jpg spring packard -lrb- 1798 - 1884 -rrb- . alpheus spring packard , sr. .
 alpheus spring packard
alpheus spring packard , sr. .

alpheus spring packard -lrb- december 23 , 1798 -- july 13 , 1884 -rrb- was an american who may be the longest serving faculty member to any american college through his 65 years of dedication to bowdoin college , `` in this particular i acknowledge , without reserve , my allegiance to brunswick , maine . ''
-lrb- history of bowdoin college -rrb- .
trained as a minister , educator , librarian , acting president of bowdoin college for the year 1883-4 until his death -lrb- between the chamberlain and hyde administration -rrb- .
the father of four sons and one daughter by his first wife : alpheus spring packard , jr. -lrb- 1839-1905 -rrb- , bowdoin class of 1861 , civil war surgeon , entomologist who corresponded with darwin and a professor at brown university with 25 publications , and william alfred packard -lrb- 1830-1909 -rrb- , bowdoin class of 1851 , charles a. packard , bowdoin class of 1848 , a 4th son george as well as a daughter , frances appleton .
professor packard was also the son-in-law of bowdoin college 's second president , the reverend jesse appleton through his first marriage to frances appleton -lrb- 1804-1839 -rrb- .
alpheus spring packard married mrs. c.w. mclellan after his wife 's death and produced a fifth son , robert l. packard , who graduated from bowdoin in 1868 .
professor packard was also a key figure in the maine historical society from its founding in 1822 until his death in 1884 .
he was also a prominent member of the peucinian society tradition .
alpheus spring packard , sr. had a long standing relationship with bowdoin college .
he graduated from the college in 1816 .
he remained there for the remainder of his life , firstly as a tutor -lrb- 1819 -- 24 -rrb- , and professor ancient language and classical literature -lrb- 1824 -- 65 -rrb- .
during the last two years of his life he was acting president of the college .
the bowdoin college george mitchell special collections department lists thirteen publications .
among them , he edited and was joint author -lrb- with nehemiah cleaveland -rrb- of `` the history of bowdoin college , with biographical sketches of its graduates '' -lrb- 1882 -rrb- ; he also edited `` works of the rev. jesse appleton , with a memoir '' -lrb- 1836 -- 37 -rrb- ; and `` xenophon 's memorabilia of socrates , with english notes '' -lrb- 1839 ; third edition , 1843 -rrb- .
to commemorate alpheus spring packard srs .
65 years of service to bowdoin college , the alpheus spring packard gateway , stands on the parthway of college avenue as one passed from coles tower towards the main quad .
