Rowland was
born in Nashville, Tennessee
in 1831 and lived there until
his family migrated to Oregon
in 1844. Rowland pursued his
education in Virginia at Bethany
College. He graduated in 1856
and returned to Oregon in
1859. He soon began creating
the first State Teachers Institute,
which became a reality in
1862. In 1865, he became president
of Christian College in Monmouth,
where he served until 1869.
He left the college to pursue
medicine and studied for several
years at Willamette University
in Salem. In 1874 he became
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction until 1891, when
he was appointed superintendent
of Oregon State Insane Asylum.
President Rowland was known
as a kind and educated man;
he died in January 19, 1908.
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