Lemuel Herbert Murlin Explained

Lemuel Herbert Murlin
Birth Date:16 November 1861
Birth Place:Neptune, Ohio
Death Place:Wayland, Michigan
Term Start:1924
Term End:1928
Successor:Garfield Bromley Oxnam
Term Start2:1911
Term End2:1924
Successor2:Daniel Lash Marsh
Term Start3:1893
Term End3:1911

Lemuel Herbert Murlin (November 16, 1861 – June 20, 1935), was the third president of Boston University.

Biography

He was born on November 16, 1861, in Neptune, Ohio, to Orlando Murlin and Esther Hankins.[1]

He became president of Baker University in Kansas in 1893. He was named the third president of Boston University in 1911.[2]

In 1924 he became the president of DePauw University and served until 1928 when he retired due to ill health, and was replaced by Garfield Bromley Oxnam.[3]

He died on June 20, 1935, in Wayland, Michigan, predeceasing by four years his wife, whom he had married in 1893.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Portrait and Biographical Record of Leavenworth, Douglas and Franklin Counties, Kansas: Containing Portraits, Biographies and Genealogies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present. 1899. Chapman publishing Company. 199.
  2. News: Boston University has new president. November 11, 2015. New York Times. October 20, 1911.
  3. News: Prof. Murlin to Head Depauw . . September 7, 1924 . June 8, 2015 . subscription .
  4. News: Mrs. Lemuel Murlin, Widow of Educator. November 11, 2015. New York Times. subscription . September 30, 1939.