Amos Dean (January 16, 1803 – January 26, 1868) was an American academic administrator and attorney who served as the first president of the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 col ...

, serving from 1855 to 1859. Dean was born in

Barnard, Vermont Barnard is a town in Windsor County, Vermont. The population was 992 at the 2020 census. The town has two unincorporated villages: Barnard and East Barnard, along with the hamlets of Newcombsville, Mountain Meadows, and Fort Defiance.https://w ...

. He attended

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and later practiced law in

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Amos Dean Papers
are housed at the University of Iowa Special Collections & University Archives. Presidents of the University of Iowa 1803 births 1868 deaths People from Barnard, Vermont Union College (New York) alumni 19th-century American educators {{US-academic-administrator-stub