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John Evans
David Hastings Moore
Rufus "Potato" Clarke
Herbert Alonzo Howe
Ammi Bradford Hyde
Henry Augustus Buchtel |
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John
Evans
John Evans was appointed Governor
of Colorado Territory in 1862. He immediately began raising
money to build the Colorado Seminary on 14th and Arapahoe Streets,
and in 1864, the Territorial Legislature granted the Seminary's
charter. It closed after only three years.
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In 1880, the Seminary was resurrected as Denver University, with
David Hastings Moore as its first Chancellor. By the time he left
in 1889, the University had grown to incorporate the undeveloped
University Park site, several colleges housed in three downtown
buildings, the pledge of an observatory, and an enrollment of 665.
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Rufus
"Potato" Clarke
Rufus "Potato" Clarke, head of a group of farmers who,
in 1885, donated the treeless expanse of prarie that would become
University Park.
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Herbert
Alonzo Howe
Herbert Alonzo Howe, one of the first faculty
members of the University, taught mathematics and astronomy. A noted
astronomer, he also helped to establish the Chamberlain Observatory.
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Ammi
Bradford Hyde
Ammi Bradford Hyde, another member of the original faculty, taught
Greek and Latin.
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Henry
Augustus Buchtel
Henry Augustus Buchtel (Chancellor, 1900-1920)
brought the University out of debt, saving it from extinction at
the turn of the century.
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