Edward Searing

Edward Searing (July 14, 1835 – October 22, 1898) was an American educator.

Edward Searing (1835-1898)

Born in Aurora, New York, in Cayuga County, New York, Searing received his bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Michigan. In 1857,[1] he moved to Wisconsin and taught school. Searing then moved to Milton, Wisconsin in 1863 and became a professor at Milton College. Searing was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin and served 1874-1878. In 1880. Searing moved to Mankato, Minnesota and became the first President of the Mankato Normal School now Minnesota State University, Mankato.[2][3] Searing died in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on October 22, 1898, while at a normal school board meeting.[4]

Notes
  1. Edward Searing, Wisconsin Historical Society
  2. Edward Searing, Wisconsin Historical Society
  3. 'The Class of Sixty-One University of Michigan,' Byron Cutcheon, J. Burnman & Son: 1902, Biographical Sketch of Edward Searing, pg. 145-146
  4. 'Edward Searing Dead,' Milwaukee Journal, October 24, 1898, pg. 1
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