104 The Smithsonian Institution 



JUSTIN SMITH MORRILL. 



VERMONT. 



Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed February 21, 1883; reappointed 

 March 23, 1885, and December 15, 1891. 



Born in Strafford, Vermont, April 14, 1810. Educated in public schools and 

 Academy. A. M., Dartmouth, 1857. LL.D., Vermont University and State 

 Agricultural College, 1874; and University of Pennsylvania, 1884. Member 

 of U. S. House of Representatives from Vermont, December 3, i855~March 

 4, 1867. Member of U. S. Senate from Vermont, March 4, i867~March 3, 

 1903. 



LEVI PARSONS MORTON. 



NEW YORK. 



Regent ex qfficio, as Vice-President of the United States, March 4, 1889- 



March 4, 1893. 



Born in Shoreham, Vermont, May 16, 1824. Educated in public schools 

 and Academy. LL. D., Dartmouth, 1881; and Middlebury, 1882. Merchant 

 and banker. Honorary U. S. Commissioner to the Paris Exposition, 1878. 

 Member of U. S. House of Representatives from New York, March 18, 1879- 

 March 4, 1881. U. S. Minister to France, i88i-'85. U. S. Commissioner- 

 General to the Paris Electrical Exposition, 1888. Vice-President of the 

 United States, iSSg-^. Governor of the State of New York, 



ROBERT DALE OWEN. 



INDIANA. 

 Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed August 10, 1846. 



Born in Glasgow, Scotland, November 9, 1800; died at Lake George, New 

 York, June 17, 1877. Educated in Berne, Switzerland. LL. D., Uni- 

 versity of Indiana, 1872. Member of Indiana Legislature, 1835. Member of 

 U. S. House of Representatives from Indiana, December 4, i843~March 3, 

 1847. Member and Chairman of Indiana Constitutional Convention, 1850. 

 Member of Indiana Legislature, 1851. Charge d'Affaires to Naples, 1853. 

 U. S. Minister to Naples, i855-'58. 



PETER PARKER. 



CITY OF WASHINGTON. 



Regent elected by Congress, January u, 1868; reelected January 19, 1874, and 



December 19, 1879. 



Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, June 18, 1804; died in Washington 

 City, January 10, 1888. A. B., Yale, 1831. A. M., Yale, 1858. M. D., Yale, 

 1834. Studied theology. Went to China as a missionary. Established a 

 hospital in Canton, China. Secretary of United States Embassy and Acting 

 Charge" d'Affaires, China, 1845-^5. Commissioner to China, 1855-^7. 



