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Hail to the Chief: St. Cloud State University Presidents Since 1869

Thomas Gray (1884-1890)

Thomas Gray

  • First alum to serve as president of St. Cloud State, graduating in 1872
  • In 1873, was appointed to teach mathematics and natural science at St. Cloud State
  • From September to October 1881, served as acting president at St. Cloud State
  • In 1881, appointed the first president of the St. Cloud Alumni Association
  • After leaving St. Cloud, moved to Greeley, Colorado and served as the first president of the Greeley Normal School, now the University of Northern Colorado
  • Thomas J. Gray Campus Laboratory School (1958), now the Engineering and Computing Center, was named in his honor