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LarryClark: New page: by Tim Steury, ''Washington State Magazine'', Summer 2007
illustrations by Steve O'Brien
Depending on how you count, Elson S. Floyd becomes Washington State University's tenth, e...

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New page: by Tim Steury, ''Washington State Magazine'', Summer 2007 illustrations by Steve O'Brien Depending on how you count, Elson S. Floyd becomes Washington State University's tenth, e...

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by Tim Steury, ''Washington State Magazine'', Summer 2007 

illustrations by Steve O'Brien 

Depending on how you count, Elson S. Floyd becomes Washington State University's tenth, eighth, maybe twelfth, president. Whereas the tenures of the first two, Lilley and Heston, were tumultuous, brief, and of corresponding effect, other interim presidencies, including those of Wallis Beasley and William Pearl, were more subdued, yet productive and vital to the progress of WSU. 

Regardless of how you count our presidents, though, the story of WSU and its presidents is rich, wonderful, and filled with drama, pathos, and even a little scandal here and there. Obviously, much has changed over the past 115 years. When George Lilley was named the first president of Washington State Agricultural College, 59 students arrived on campus to find one building, the "Crib," perched on top of College Hill. 

As President Floyd takes the helm, student enrollment statewide pushes 23,000, and WSU asserts its presence in Tri-Cities, Spokane, and Vancouver. The University now comprises more than 1,300 faculty and 799 buildings across the state. At graduations this May from Pullman to Vancouver, the 217,000th student will receive his or her diploma from Washington State University. 

'''George Lilley May 1891-Dec. 1892'''

Academic field: Mathematics Degree: Unknown Age when hired: 37 Starting salary: $4,000 Faculty: 5 Faculty salaries: $2,000 (males), $1,500 (females) Price of a loaf of bread: $.03 Major challenges: Imagine starting a college from nothing. 

'''John Heston Dec. 1892-Aug. 1893'''

Academic field: Education, Master's degree, Penn State Age when hired: 39 Starting salary: $4,000 Number of faculty: 5 Price of a loaf of bread: $.03 Major challenges: Just about everything Life after WSU: Later served as president of Dakota State University. 1892 Agricultural College, Experiment Station and School of Science of the State of Washington opens. (Grover Cleveland elected U.S. president.) 1893 Stock market crash: "Panic of 1893"

== Enoch Bryan 1893-1915 ==

[[Image:Enoch_Bryan_illustration.jpg]] 

Academic field: Classics, Master's, Harvard University Age when hired: 38 Starting salary: $4,000 Number of faculty by end of tenure: 140 Average faculty salary: $1,500-1,600 Price of a loaf of bread: $.03 Life after WSU: Became Idaho's Commissioner of Education for several years. He'd lost a large investment in a utopian agricultural venture and so was broke. After Idaho, President Holland appointed him a research professor. 

Namesake: Bryan Hall and Tower 

1894 First varsity football game, WSC 10, Idaho 0. 1895 Name changed to State College of Washington; first issue of Evergreen. 1897 First graduating class of seven 1899 Enrollment 481 1902 First master’s degree 1905 School renamed State College of Washington 1906 Enrollment 1,371 1913 President’s house completed for $25,000; first homecoming (Woodrow Wilson inaugurated U.S. president)

== Ernest O. Holland 1916-1944 ==

[[Image:Ernest_Holland_illustration.jpg]] 

Academic field: English, Ph.D., Columbia University Teacher's College Age when hired: 41 Starting salary: $6,000 Faculty: 750 Faculty salary: Instructor in French made $1,200 Price of a loaf of bread: $.07 

Major challenges: Conflict in legislature regarding duplication of courses at WSC and UW. Although he and President Suzzallo of UW were great friends before moving to Washington, they gradually became bitter rivals. 

Namesake: Holland Library 

Life after WSU: Stayed in Pullman, died five years after retirement. 

1916 WSC beats Brown in Rose Bowl 1917 Enrollment 2,130; Act of February 2, 1917, distinguishes major curriculum lines at WSC and UW (U.S. enters World War I) 1919 Cougar adopted as mascot 1925 Enrollment 3,129 1927 Phi Beta Kappa chapter established, first for a separate land-grant institution; enrollment 3,275 1929 First Ph.D. conferred, in bacteriology 1930 Edward R. Murrow graduates 1931 WSC loses to Alabama in Rose Bowl 1931-33 Great Depression 1936 More than 2,500 students march to demand “abolition of Ultra-conservative, dictatorial Administrative policies.” 1940 Enrollment 5,109 (WWII) 1942 Government contract training soldiers in aviation, Japanese, signal corps, radio, and gunnery. 1943 Enrollment 1,530; Cougar football suspended for duration of WWII 1944 Cougar Gold introduced

== Wilson A. Compton 1945-1951 ==

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Academic field: Economics, Ph.D., Princeton Age when hired: 54 Starting salary: $12,000 Faculty: 939 Faculty salary: Assistant professor of pharmacy made $3,000 Price of a loaf of bread: $.09 

Major challenges: Providing classrooms and housing for GIs and families; Regent McAllister, who spearheaded Compton's ouster. 

Namesake: Compton Union Building 

Life after WSU: Director, International Information Administration in D.C., then headed Council for Financial Aid to Education in New York City. 

1945 Enrollment 2,708

1946 Surge in military veterans enrolling as students; enrollment 5,907

1948 Enrollment 7,890

1950 Construction of Holland Library begins

1951 Regents order Compton to dismiss 182 employees (including vice president); Compton resigns; new Student Union dedicated to Compton

== C. Clement French 1952-1966 ==

[[Image:C_Clement_French_illustration.jpg]]

Academic field: Chemistry, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Age when hired: 51 Starting salary: $18,000 (retired at $33,125) Faculty: 1,110 Faculty salary: In 1960, assistant professor of art made $6,200 Price of a loaf of bread: $.16

Major challenges: Healing campus wounds after Compton firing.

Namesake: French Administration Building

Life after WSU: Served on various higher education committees and commissions, active in Episcopal Church.

1959 WSC becomes Washington State University 1960 Honors Program established 1962 Compulsory ROTC changed to voluntary

== Glenn Terrell 1967-1985 ==

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Academic field: Psychology, Ph.D., University of Iowa Age when hired: 47 Starting salary: $40,000 Faculty headcount: 756* Average faculty salary: $32,900 (1985) Price of a loaf of bread: $.22

Major challenges: Student unrest and social upheaval.

Namesakes: Glenn Terrell Friendship Mall, Terrell Library

Life after WSU: Pacific Institute

*Previous numbers included all faculty of all ranks. Information available from here on includes full-time instructional faculty of the top three ranks. Throughout, numbers are only for general comparative purposes. Compilation methods and definitions change over the years.

1968 French Administration Building dedicated 1969 Enrollment 13,128; Vietnam protests and student unrest 1970 South grandstands of Rogers Field destroyed by arson 1971 50,000th student graduates 1977 Enrollment 18,160 1978 Butch VI, last live mascot, dies at age 15 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts 1981 Enrollment 19,303 1983 100,000th student graduates

== Samuel H. Smith 1985-2000 ==

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Academic field: Plant pathology, Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley Age when hired: 45 Starting salary: $92,000 (+ $6,000 tax deferred annuity) Faculty: 858 Average faculty salary: $61,383 (2000) Price of loaf of bread: $.55

Namesake: Smith Center for Undergraduate Education

Life after WSU: As president emeritus, established office at WSU West in Seattle. Serves on a number of boards and is director of the Washington Education Foundation, which provides scholarships to low-income, high-potential students.

1990 Bobo Brayton wins 1,000th game as baseball head coach 2000 Enrollment 22,015 2006 211,000th student graduates

 Elson S. Floyd, 50, starts work as WSU's 10th president this summer. As president of the University of Missouri, he was respected as a hard-working, charismatic, and visionary leader. He is no stranger to eastern Washington, having served as executive director of the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board and as vice president for student services, vice president for administration, and executive vice president at eastern Washington University.

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	<br>Elson S. Floyd, 50, starts work as WSU's 10th president this summer. As president of the University of Missouri, he was respected as a hard-working, charismatic, and visionary leader. He is no stranger to eastern Washington, having served as executive director of the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board and as vice president for student services, vice president for administration, and executive vice president at eastern Washington University.<br>		<br>Elson S. Floyd, 50, starts work as WSU's 10th president this summer. As president of the University of Missouri, he was respected as a hard-working, charismatic, and visionary leader. He is no stranger to eastern Washington, having served as executive director of the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board and as vice president for student services, vice president for administration, and executive vice president at eastern Washington University.<br>
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LarryClark: New page: by Tim Steury, ''Washington State Magazine'', Summer 2007 illustrations by Steve O'Brien Depending on how you count, Elson S. Floyd becomes Washington State University's tenth, e...

LarryClark: New page: by Tim Steury, ''Washington State Magazine'', Summer 2007
illustrations by Steve O'Brien
Depending on how you count, Elson S. Floyd becomes Washington State University's tenth, e...