PORTRAIT OF JOHN WHEELER 1816

Through the generosity of Mr. Everett P. Wheeler of New York City, Dartmouth College comes into possession of a very fine portrait of one of her distinguished early graduates, the Reverend John Wheeler 1816. The donor, who is a nephew of John Wheeler, is a prominent lawyer in New York, a graduate of the College of the City of New York in the class of 1856, and a recipient of the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Dartmouth in 1861. The picture, which is by Vinton, will be hung in one of the College buildings with other portraits of notable Dartmouth men.

John Wheeler was born in Grafton, Vermont, on March 11, 1798, the son of the merchant, John Brooks Wheeler, who in 1816 gave the College the sum of $1000 for use in the prosecution of the Dartmouth College Case, and whose memory is perpetuated by Wheeler Hall. After his graduation from Dartmouth in 1816, John Wheeler studied divinity at Andover Theological Seminary, and was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church at Windsor, Vermont. Here he remained until 1833, when he gave up active preaching to accept the presidency of the University of Vermont. He resigned the latter position in 1849, but continued to reside in Burlington until his death in 1862. He was elected a trustee of Dartmouth College in 1826, and served faithfully in that capacity for seven' years. He was a man of distinction in the educational world of his day, a strong preacher, and an able executive.