Jerome Allen (1881-1884)

Jerome Allen

• Educated at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and the Hartford Theological Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut
• Was an ordained Presbyterian minister
• Was president of the Lennox Collegiate Institute in Hopkinton, Iowa
• Taught at the Iowa State Normal School in Monticello, Iowa, and the New York State Normal School in Geneseo, New York
• Upon resigning as president at the St. Cloud State, Allen returned to New York state, accepting an academic position at the City University of New York