Evan Pugh
Evan Pugh 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 States designation in 1863 as a landgrant institution under the Morrill Land Grant Act. He was buried in Union Cemetery in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, along with his wife, Rebecca Valentine Pugh.
Evan Pugh was born to Lewis and Mary Pugh on February 29, 1828 near Oxford in Chester County, PA. He was the fourth of six children Rebecca, who died soon after birth , Susan , Elizabeth , Enoch , and John . The family traced their lineage back to Ellis Pugh, a Quaker Welsh settler in William Penns colony.
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