Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Merrill E. Gates
College President
Centurion, 1890–1922
Proposed by
Edward B. Coe, D. B. St. John Roosa, and Henry Drisler
Edward B. Coe, D. B. St. John Roosa, and Henry Drisler
born
April 6, 1848
Warsaw, New York
Warsaw, New York
died
August 11, 1922
Littleton, New Hampshire
Littleton, New Hampshire
elected
March 1, 1890
Age forty-one
Age forty-one
buried
Warsaw Cemetery,
Warsaw, New York
Warsaw, New York
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Century Memorial
Merrill Edward Gates was eight years president of Rutgers College and eight years president at Amherst, and held numerous honorary degrees from other American institutions of learning. During most of his active life he interested himself in Indian affairs, serving for twenty-eight consecutive years on the United States Board of Indian Commissioners.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1923 Century Association Yearbook
