Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Henry R. Pierson
Lawyer/Politician/Chancellor, SUNY
Centurion, 1868–1890
Proposed by
Francis Vinton and Regis Gignoux
Francis Vinton and Regis Gignoux
born
June 13, 1819
Charleston, New York
Charleston, New York
died
January 1, 1890
Albany, New York
Albany, New York
elected
June 6, 1868
Age forty-eight
Age forty-eight
buried
Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn, New York
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 3, Leaf 95
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Century Memorial
Henry R. Pierson was for some time a member of the State Senate. He was a Regent of the University of New York and Chancellor of the University. He fulfilled all these public trusts with honor to himself and to the State, and in all the relations of life was deservedly honored and esteemed.
Henry E. Howland
1890 Century Association Yearbook
