Samuel M. Inglis Profile

Samuel M. Inglis Profile - Samuel M. Educatior Inglis a nineteenth-century America. He played an important role in the development of education in Illinois before his appointment, including the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. With this position, he is ex-officio member of several educational facilities of post - high school of Illinois, including the Eastern Illinois Normal School.

Samuel M. Inglis was born in Marietta, Pennsylvania. Early education took place at Ohio public schools. His family moved to Illinois, where he graduated from Mendota Collegiate Institute with the first award in 1861. In about 1864, he joined the 104th Illinois Infantry. In 1887, he married Anna Louise Jackson, Hillsborough native who died in 1892. He married Louise Baumberger of Greenville three years later.

In addition to serving as State Superintendent of Public Instruction, he was a trustee of the Northern Illinois Normal School as Head of Mathematics and, later, Chairman of the Literature, Rhetoric, and elocution. He was a delegate to the National Convention of Illinois Educators.

He was elected president of the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, or what is known today as Eastern Illinois University on April 12, 1898. He died on June 1, 1898 vacationing in Kenosha, Wisconsin, prior to his official duties will begin in September 1899. Samuel M. Inglis Profile