Libraries
Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
Ernest Reuben Nichols was the fifth President of Kansas State University. Nichols was raised in northeastern Iowa. Nichols attended the State Normal School of Iowa, followed by the State University of Iowa, before being appointed an instructor of physics at Kansas State Agricultural College in 1890. In 1899, he was elected as the acting President of KSAC, becoming the official President in June of 1900. Though some on the Board of Regents criticized Nichols in his early years as President, he continued to serve until his resignation in June of 1908. In 1909, he was conferred an honorary Ph.D. degree from Kansas State along with the announcement that Nichols Gymnasium would be named in his honor. Following his leave from the Presidency, he managed the Thurston Teachers Agency and participated in various business ventures. Nichols suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1929 and died on November 26, 1938.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Compiled by Sydney Lippman, June 2011, from information of the university website, internet sources, and archive resources. Edited by Jarrod Kuckelman, November 2020.
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Creator Source: Local Authority File