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LIST OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 1874-1924

LIST OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 1874-1924

Terms ran from January to January beginning in 1891. Before 1891, the terms frequently began in February or March:

NAME:

TERM(s):

LOCALE:

Note:

ABEL, James Fred

1917-1921

Winnemucca

Resigned, December 1918

BAKER, Mrs. Edna C.

1917-1921

Sparks

 

BOOHER, W. W.

1901-1907

Elko

 

BRAY, John Edwards

December 1903-1905

Reno

Appointed to fill unexpired term of
J. N. Evans

CHENEY, Azro Eugene

1919-1921

Reno

Appointed to fill unexpired term of
J. F. Abel.

CODD, Arthur A.

1909-1917

Goldfield : Reno

 

COFFIN, Trenmor

April 1889-1891

Carson City

Appointed to fill unexpired term of
Thomas H. Wells

COLCORD, R. K.

1891-1985

Carson City

 

CURLER, Benjamin F.

1917-1923

Elko

 

DAY, Sylvester H.

1879-1882 : 1883-1884

Carson City

 

DEAL, W. E. F.

1895-1903

Virginia City

 

Dormer, John M. (Sec'y of State)

1887-December, 1888

Carson City

 

DOVEY, W. C.

1875-1878

Silver City

 

DOVEY, W. C. (Supt. Public Instruction)

1887-December, 1888

Carson City

 

EVANS, John Newton

1897-1905

Reno

Died in office Nov. 1903

FISH, H. L

1889-1897

Reno

 

GETCHELL, L. W.

1885-February 1887

Austin

 

GEORGE, Edward T.

1889-1893

Lewis

 

HAINES, J. W.

1891-1895

Genoa

 

HARRIS, E. B.

1883-1884

Virginia City

 

HELM, Alfred

1874-1878

Virginia City

 

HENDERSON, Charles B.

1907-1917

Elko

 

HOOD, Mrs. W. H.

1919-date

Reno

Incumbent: term expires 1927

KIRMAN, Richard

1903-1905

Reno

 

LEWERS, Charles R.

1907-1909

Reno

 

MACK, Charles R.

1907-1909

Virginia City

 

MAYHUGH, John S.

1879-1882

Elko

 

NORTH, Miles F.

1919-1929

Reno

Resigned, March 1923.

O'BRIEN, James W.

1911-1919

Sparks

 

PRATT, Walter F.

1913-1917

Goldfield

Incumbent: term expires 1925

RAND, J. H.

1883-February 1887

Elko

 

REID, Hosea E.

1911-1915

Virginia City

 

SHAW, H. G.

1885-February 1887

Elko

 

SMITH, Oscar J.

1905-1909

Reno

 

SPROULE, C. H.

1879-1882

Battle Mountain

 

SOUCHEREAU, J. E.

1907-1909

Verdi

 

STARRETT, Henry S.

1895-1901

Austin

 

STEVENSON, C. C.

1874-1878

Gold Hill

 

STEVENSON, C. C. (Governor)

1887-December 1888

Carson City

 

STONE, T. H.

1879-1882

Elko

 

Sullivan, John J.

1909-1911 : 1915-1919

Virginia City

 

SUNDERLAND, John Jr.

1907-1911

Reno

 

TAYLOR, George H.

1889-1917

 

Secretary to Board of Regents &
Chief Financial Advisor
to the University

TALBOT, George F.

1921-date

Elko; Reno

Incumbent: term expires 1931

TORREYSON, James D. (Attorney General)

April, 1891-1895

Carson City

 

WELLS, Thomas H.

1889-1891

 

Resigned, March 1889

WILLIAMS, Frank

1909-1913: 1923-date

Goodsprings

 

WILLIAMS, Mrs. Sophie E.

1923-date

Hot Creek

Incumbent: appointed to fill
unexpired term of Miles E. North,
which expires in 1929.

Source: Doten, Samuel Bradford. An Illustrated History of the University of Nevada. Carson City: University of Nevada, 1924. [pp. 215-216].

Transcribed by: Holly Hart, October 2008.

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