1833-02-14 - Historic Twin Cities
On this date in 1833, William Watts Folwell, the first president of the University of Minnesota, is born in Romulus, New York. Folwell received his undergraduate degree in 1857 from Hobart College in Geneva, New York and became adjunct professor of mathematics there in 1859. During the Civil War, he served in the 50th New York Volunteer Engineer […]
