Adonijah Strong Welch was a United States Senator from Florida and the first president of Iowa State Agricultural College. Welch also served as Michigan State Normal School's first principal. Wikipedia
Born: April 12, 1821, East Hampton, CT
Died: March 14, 1889 (age 67 years), Pasadena, CA
Grandparents: Elizabeth Strong and Adonijah Strong, Jr.
Great-grandparents: Mary Polly Strong (Kellogg), Elizabeth Cook, and Moses Cook
Party: Republican Party
Previous office: Senator, FL (1868–1869)
Books
Report on the Organization and Management of Seven Agricultural Schools in Germany, Belgium, and England, Made to Hon. George B. Loring, U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture; Volume No. 36
2016
Analysis of the English Sentence: Designed for Advanced Classes in English Grammar
1855
Object Lessons: Prepared for Teachers of Primary Schools and Primary Classes
1862
Talks on Psychology
The Teachers' Psychology: A Treatise on the Intellectual Faculties, the Order of Their Growth
The Teachers' Psychology: A Treatise on the Intellectual Faculties, the Order of Their Growth, and the Corresponding Series of Studies by which They are Educated
1889