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On February 12, 1855, Michigan Governor Kinsley S. Bingham signed a bill establishing the nation's first agriculture college, the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan. The State Board of Education was designated as the institution’s governing body.
John Clough Holmes, co-founder of the Michigan State Agricultural Society and the founder of the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, now Michigan State University. His legacy is often contrasted with that of John Harvard.
Aug 21, 2018 · Feb. 12, 1855. Dedication. May 13, 1857. First Classes. May 14, 1857 – Five faculty members taught 63 students in three now nonexistent buildings: College Hall, Saints’ Rest and a brick horse barn. MSU was the first institution of higher learning in the United States to teach scientific agriculture. Morrill Act.
Nov 10, 2020 · History of the Michigan agricultural college and biographical sketches of trustees and professors by Beal, W. J. (William James), 1833-1924
In 1855, the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, now known as Michigan State University, was founded to provide a practical education to all citizens regardless of social class. It was the first institution of higher learning in the United States to teach scientific agriculture and educated students to become farmers, engineers ...
On February 12, 1855, Michigan Governor Kinsley S. Bingham signed a bill establishing the nation's first agriculture college, the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan.
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Michigan State University was founded in 1855 as the first agricultural college in the nation and was later designated as a prototype for land-grant universities established after President Abraham Lincoln enacted the Morrill Act of 1862.
