George F. Whitworth

Whitworth circa 1890

George F. Whitworth (March 15, 1816 – October 6, 1907^[1]) was a Presbyterian missionary, educated at Hanover College in Indiana. Whitworth worked a minister in the Ohio Valley until 1853, when he and his family moved to the Western frontier.^[2] He was active in the founding of the first church in Grand Mound, Washington, which he co-pastored with J. W. Goodell (father of pioneer Phoebe Judson). He was the president of the University of Washington from 1866–67 and 1874–76, and was the founder of Whitworth College (now Whitworth University) in 1890. He is buried at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington.

Notes

"George Whitworth biography". Whitworth archives. Whitworth University.
"Whitworth, George F. (1816-1907)". The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History. HistoryLink.
"George Whitworth (1816-1907)". Find A Grave Memorial.
Guide to the George F. Whitworth Papers 1816-1907

References

↑ News Department, The Washington Historical Quarterly. "Honoring Memory of George F. Whitworth". Vol. 6, No. 2 (Apr., 1915), pp. 134.
↑ University of Virginia Social Networks and Archival Context Project. "Whitworth, George F. NWDA ( 1816 - 1907)".

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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)
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