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Caption: Dedication - Gregory Hall Cornerstone
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J O H N MILTON GREGORY A.B. Union College, 1846; LL.D. University of Michigan, 1866; b. July 6, 1822, Sand Lake, N . Y . ; s. Joseph (b. Sand Lake, N . Y.) and Rachel (Bullock) Gregory (b. West Sand Lake, N . Y . ) ; prepared in public schools and Dutchess County Academy; graduated Union College 1846; studied law, Schenectady, N . Y., 1846-47; pastor Baptist Church, Hoosick Falls, N . Y., 1847-50; ordained 1848; pastor Akron, O., 1850-52; principal Classical School, Detroit, 1852-59; editor and publisher, Mich. Journal of Education, 185459; superintendent of public instruction for Michigan, 1859-64; president, Kalamazoo College, 1865-67; regent (president) Illinois Industrial University, 18678 0 ; U. S. Commissioner, Vienna Exposition, 1873; judge, educational department, Philadelphia Centennial, 1876; Illinois State Commissioner to Paris Exposition, 1878; member and president, Illinois State Board of Health, 1878-83; member, U. S. Civil Service Commission, 1883-85; professor-emeritus of political economy, University of Illinois. Author: School Laws of Michigan; numerous articles and addresses on educational subjects; Handbook of History and Map of T i m e ; A New Political Economy; Seven Laws of Teaching. Married: Julia Gregory, Sept. 6, 1848 (died June 3, 1877); Louise Catherine Allen, June 17, 1879 (died M a y 1, 1920). Children: Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1850 (died Aug. 25, 1937) ; Walter, b. Dec. 1852 (died Sept. 9, 1855); Helen, b. June 4, 1856; Alfred, b. Aug. 17, 1858; John, b. Dec. 30, 1859 (died M a y 20, 1865); Grant, b. Sept. 9, 1864; Julia, b. J a n . 22, 1866; Allene, b. Dec. 7, 1888. Died, Oct. 20, 1898, Washington, D. C. T H E UNIVERSITY ANTHEM (Written by Dr. GREGORY and sung at the inaugural exercises of the University, March 11, 1868) We hail thee! great Fountain of learning and light. There's life in thy radiance, there's hope in thy might. We greet now thy dawning, but what singer's rhyme, Shall follow thy course down the ages of time? O'er homes of the millions, o'er fields of rich toil; Thy science shall shine as the sun shines on soil, And Learning and Labor—fit head for fit hand, Shall crown with twin glories our broad prairie land. And as generations, in the grand march of time, Shall fill the long ages with numbers sublime, Thy portals shall throng with the lowly and great; Thy science-crowned children shall bless all the state. Then hail thee! blest Fountain of learning and light, Shine on in thy glory, rise ever in might; We greet now thy dawning; but ages to come Must tell of thy grandeur and shout Harvest Home.
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