![]() ![]() Vincennes University has had a distinguished history, rich with the traditions of many firsts. The Indiana territorial legislature, at its first session in 1806, passed an act to incorporate the first university in the Indiana Territory, “to be called and known by the name and style of Vincennes University.” William Henry Harrison, first governor of the Indiana Territory, and later (1841) President of the United States, was the founder of the college and the first chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University. In 1801 Jefferson Academy, the direct forerunner of Vincennes University, was founded at Vincennes, Indiana. The heritage of the University began with the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 which stated, “Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and to the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” One of the oldest institutions of higher education in America, Vincennes University is also Indiana’s first college. ![]() A Brief History of Vincennes University.Twenty-Second President of Vincennes University ![]()
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