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election in 1872. Continuing in that position for three years he 

 reorganized and greatly enlarged the work of the university 

 and was successful in establishing it on the firm foundation 

 where it has continued to grow and prosper. 



Called to the presidency of the newly founded Johns Hopkins 

 University at Baltimore in 1875, before a brick or stone had 

 been laid, or a teacher or student enrolled, he devoted himself 

 heart and soul to its organization and upbuilding, and at the end 

 of a quarter of a century resigned the office, leaving behind him 

 in the University and in the Johns Hopkins Hospital of which he 

 was the first superintendent, and in the medical school of the 

 University, enduring monuments of his genius as an organizer 

 and administrator, of his inspiring influence with his colleagues 

 and students as an educator, and of his wise discrimination in 

 assembling a permanent staff of brilliant instructors and emi- 

 nent scholars and scientists of Europe and America as occasional 

 lecturers. From the beginning his motto was Men before 

 Buildings. 



He was a frequent contributor to newspapers and periodicals 

 in regard to social science, civil service reform, charity organi- 

 zation, general education and scientific research. He delivered 

 many academic discourses some of which were collated under 

 the titles *' University Problems" and " Launching of a Uni- 

 versity." 



He was the biographer of James Monroe, in the Statesmen's 

 Series, and of Professor James D. Dana of Yale College ; was 

 editor of the works of Doctor Francis Lieber and of Doctor 

 Joseph P. Thompson, and of a new edition of De Tocqueville's 

 Democracy in America. He was a contributor to Johnson's 

 Universal Cyclopaedia and was editor-in-chief of the New 

 International Encyclopaedia. He was chairman of the Commit- 

 tee on Awards at the Atlanta Exposition of 1895. He rendered 

 efficient service as a member of the Venezuelan Commission in 

 1896, under appointment by President Cleveland. He was 

 president of the American Bible Society ; president of the 

 American Oriental Society ; one of the commission to draft a 

 charter for the city of Baltimore, especially in the sections of 

 Education and Charities ; president of the Civil Service Reform 



