Lotus Coffman

Lotus Delta Coffman was the fifth president of the University of Minnesota, serving from 1920 until his death in office on September 22, 1938. Coffman Memorial Union, the main student center, is named in his memory.

Lotus Delta Coffman, son of Mansford Coffman and Laura Davis, was bornJanuary 1875 in Salem, Indiana. He married in Salem onDecember 1899 to Mary Emma Farrell bornSeptember 1877 Paoli, Indiana, daughter of William H.H.P. Farrell amp his first wife Mary A. Wible. Coffman was a graduate of Salem High School in 1892 and a graduate of Indiana Normal School at Terre Haute, in 1896, where he played quarterback on the football team. He earned an AB degree from Indiana University, 1906 an AM degree there, 1910 a Ph.D. at Columbia, NY, 1911. He later received a LLD from Indiana University and from Carleton College in 1922 a LLD from Columbia University, 1929 amp a LLD from the University of Michigan, 1931 a LHD from University of Denver, 1930 and a DS degree in education from George Washington University, 1930.

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