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Augustus Meader Ryon (1862 — 1949) was an American mining engineer who served as the founding president of Montana State University. He also has the distinction of having the shortest tenure of any president of the university, only a single year. ==Life and career== Ryon was born in New York City, New York, in 1862 to John R. and Mary (Chappell) Ryon. He was the second of four children, preceded by his brother Frederick in 1860, and followed by Willie in 1864 and John in 1868. He was raised in Connecticut, where his father was born, and in Brooklyn, New York.〔(Columbia University, ''Annual Report of the President of Columbia College...'', p. 105. ) Accessed 2013-08-19.〕 He enrolled in the School of Mines at Columbia University, and graduated in 1886 with a bachelor of science in mining engineering. He was engaged as an assistant engineer on the drinking water supply system in New London, Connecticut, from 1886 to 1887, then worked from 1887 to 1888 as an assistant to F. N. Owen, the chief engineer for the city of New York.〔(''Lists of the Alumni of the Schools of Science of Columbia University, 1899'', p. 79. ) Accessed 2013-08-19.〕 In 1888, Ryon traveled to Montana where he founded the School of Mines at the College of Montana, a Presbyterian college in Deer Lodge, Montana.〔〔"Deaths," ''College & University Business'', July 1949, p. 40.〕 He was elected second vice-president of the Montana Society of Civil Engineers in 1894,〔(Office of Education, p. 1560. ) Accessed 2013-08-19.〕 and first vice-president in 1895.〔("Proceedings." ''Association of Engineering Societies.'' XIV:1 (January 1895), p. 6. ) Accessed 2013-08-19.〕 The Agricultural College of the State of Montana (now known as Montana State University) was authorized by the Montana state legislature in 1892, and opened on February 16, 1893. Luther Foster, a horticulturalist and one of two faculty members, was named Acting President. Short on funds, lacking a campus, and with Montana still mostly wilderness without many professionals, the Agricultural College found it difficult to hire faculty. So it began poaching faculty from the College of Montana.〔(Schontzler, Gail. "Presidential Debate: Who Were MSU’s Most Important Presidents?" ''Bozeman Daily Chronicle.'' July 17, 2011. ) Accessed 2013-08-14.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Augustus M. Ryon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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