Thomas Milton Gatch

Thomas Milton Gatch


2nd President of Willamette University
In office 1860–1865
Preceded by	Francis S. Hoyt
Succeeded by	Leonard J. Powell
In office 1870–1879
Preceded by	Nelson Rounds
Succeeded by	Charles E. Lambert
President of the University of Washington
In office 1887–1895
Preceded by	Leonard Jackson Powell
Succeeded by	Mark Walrod Harrington
President of Oregon State University
In office 1897–1907
Preceded by	Henry B. Miller
Succeeded by	William Jasper Kerr
Personal details
Born	(1833-01-28)January 28, 1833 Milford, Ohio
Died	April 23, 1913(1913-04-23) (aged 80) Seattle, Washington
Children	Claud Gatch
Alma mater	Ohio Wesleyan University DePauw University
Profession	educator
Willamette University info^[1]

Thomas Milton Gatch (January 28, 1833 – April 23, 1913) was an American educator and politician in Oregon. He served one term as mayor of Salem, Oregon, was the president of what would become Oregon State University, served as president of the University of Washington, and twice served as president of Willamette University.^[2] A native of Ohio, he was the first president of Oregon State University to hold a doctorate degree.

Early life

Thomas Gatch was born in the town of Milford, Ohio, to Lucinda and Thomas Gatch.^[3] In Ohio, Gatch attended Ohio Wesleyan University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1855.^[4] He then moved to Cincinnati where he took a course at Lane Theological Seminary, and was later awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the school.^[4]

Educational career

In 1856 Gatch moved west to California,^[4] where he mined gold during the California Gold Rush and also taught school for three years.^[3] He then taught at the University of the Pacific at Santa Clara, California.^[4] At Pacific he served as chair of the natural sciences and mathematics department.^[5] He was married in 1857 to Orytha Bennett, and they would have five children including Claud Gatch, who would become mayor of Salem.^[6] Claud's son Thomas Leigh Gatch, commanded the battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) and served as Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy during World War II.^[3]

In 1859, Thomas Gatch moved to Olympia, Washington, where he worked as the principal of Puget Sound Wesleyan Institute.^[5] The following year, he was appointed as president of Willamette University in Salem, where he served until 1865.^[3] He returned to the position as president of the school, serving from 1870 until 1879.^[3] During this time Thomas Gatch then earned a Doctor of Philosophy in 1874 from Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University).^[4] He also served as mayor of Salem from 1877 to 1878.^[7]

From 1879 until 1881 he was a professor of history at the University of Oregon in Eugene; afterwards he helped found the Wasco Independent Academy in The Dalles, Oregon in 1881.^[3] Gatch served as president of that institution until 1886.^[3] Gatch was then selected to serve as president of the University of Washington in Seattle in 1887. In 1895 he left the school, and in 1897 he was appointed to the position of president of Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University).^[4] While at Oregon State he was also a professor of political and mental science, and was the first president of the school to hold a doctorate degree.^[4] Gatch served at the Corvallis school until July 1907 when he resigned as president, though continued teaching until the end of the year.^[4]

Later years

After leaving Oregon State in 1907, he returned to his home in Seattle, Washington.^[4] Thomas Milton Gatch died in Seattle on April 23, 1913.^[3]

References

↑ Past Presidents. Willamette University. Retrieved on December 23, 2008.
↑ Horner, John B. (1919). Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature. The J.K. Gill Co.: Portland. p. 125, 153-4, 176
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Corning, Howard M. Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Thomas Milton Gatch: President, 1897-1907. OSU Archives, Accessed September 12, 2007.
1 2 Thomas Milton Gatch. University of Washington Libraries, Accessed September 13, 2007.
↑ Salem's Historic Figures. Salem Online History, Accessed September 13, 2007.
↑ Mayors of Salem, Oregon. Political Graveyard, Accessed September 13, 2007.

Academic offices
Preceded by Francis S. Hoyt	President of Willamette University 1860–1865	Succeeded by Leonard J. Powell (interim) Joseph Henry Wythe
Preceded by Nelson Rounds	President of Willamette University 1870–1879	Succeeded by Charles E. Lambert
Preceded by Leonard Jackson Powell	President of the University of Washington 1887–1895	Succeeded by Mark Walrod Harrington
Preceded by Henry B. Miller	President of Oregon State University 1897–1907	Succeeded by William Jasper Kerr

Willamette University

Academics	College of Law Atkinson

Campus	Art Building Civic Justice Center Eaton Hall Ford Hall Gatke Hall Hallie Ford Museum of Art Lausanne Hall Hatfield Library Springer Garden TIUA Waller Hall

People	Alumni Thomas Gatch Mark Hatfield Willis Hawley Francis S. Hoyt Charles McNary M. Lee Pelton Symeon Symeonides Nick Symmonds Stephen Thorsett Thomas Van Scoy Isaac Van Winkle Olympia Vernon

Culture	Athletic Teams The Collegian Willamette Law Review

Other	School of Education McCulloch Stadium College of Medicine Oregon Institute

University of Washington Presidents

Asa Shinn Mercer (1861–1863)
William Edward Barnard (1863–1866)
George Fred Whitworth (1866–1867)
John Henry Hall (1869–1872)
Eugene Kincaid Hill (1872–1874)
Mary W. (May) Thayer † (1874)
George Fred Whitworth (1874–1876)
Alexander Jay Anderson (1877–1882)
Leonard Jackson Powell (1882–1887)
Thomas Milton Gatch (1887–1895)
Mark Walrod Harrington (1895–1897)
William Franklin Edwards (1897)
Charles Francis Reeves ‡ (1897–1898)
Frank Pierrepont Graves (1898-1902)
Thomas Franklin Kane (1902–1914)
Henry Landes ‡ (1914–1915)
Henry Suzzallo (1915–1926)
David Thomson ‡ (1926–1927)
Matthew Lyle Spencer (1927–1933)
Hugo Winkenwerder ‡ (1933–1934)
Lee Paul Sieg (1934–1946)
Raymond B. Allen (1946–1951)
H.P. (Dick) Everest ‡ (1952)
Henry Schmitz (1952–1958)
Charles E. Odegaard (1958–1973)
Philip W. Cartwright ‡ (1973–1974)
John R. Hogness (1974–1979)
William P. Gerberding (1979–1995)
Richard L. McCormick (1995–2003)
Lee L. Huntsman (2003–2004)
Mark Emmert (2004–2010)
Phyllis M. Wise † (2010–2011)
Michael K. Young (2011–2015)
Ana Mari Cauce (2015– )

† Interim, ‡ Acting

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