Presidential Inaugurations
Description
President Bookwalter demonstrated that strong leadership can produce significant accomplishments even in a short presidency. Trustees appointed him after he had extensive experience in United Brethren college presidencies, two years at Westfield College (IL) and ten at Western College (IA). As Trustees intended, he spent most of his time with off campus constituencies. In four years, he increased enrollment from 401 students to 551. Three Otterbein fraternities formed, without University approval.
President Bookwalter's remarkable fund raising and construction record included Cochran Hall (1907, $31,000), Carnegie Library (1908, $40,000), Lambert Hall (music, 1909, $28,000), and a heating plant. He resigned in 1909.
Publisher
Otterbein University
City
Westerville
Keywords
College Presidential Inauguration, Otterbein College
Disciplines
Higher Education
Recommended Citation
Otterbein University, "Rev. Lewis Bookwalter, D.D., Inauguration - Eleventh President" (1904). Presidential Inaugurations. 5.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/presinaugurations/5