World War II era parade

This month in history (161 years ago)

The responsibility of electing the university’s first president fell to a newly elected board of regents: Michael A. Patterson of Tecumseh, Edward Shaw Moore of Three Rivers, James Kingsley of Ann Arbor, Elisha Ely of Allegan, Charles Henry Palmer of Romeo, Andrew Parsons of Corunna, William Upjohn of Hastings and Elon Farnsworth of Detroit. The regents worked on the selection until Aug. 12, 1852, when Henry Philip Tappan was elected. — From “The University of Michigan, An Encyclopedic Survey”

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