On June 3, 1890, Thomas J. Gray was selected by the Board of Trustees to serve as Principal of the State Normal School at Greeley with a salary of $3,000/year. On April 30, 1891, the Trustees changed his title from Principal to that of President when they adopted the trustee bylaws. The first annual Catalog, published for 1890-91, shows him as Principal and professor of science and of the history of education.
June 4, 1891, Thomas Gray resigned his position to go to Chicago, there to become a physician and surgeon specializing in nervous disorders. He died January 22, 1907, in Tonopah, Nevada, from typhoid pneumonia (Carter p.44).
Information on his year long presidency is found mainly in the Minutes of the Board of Trustees which date from May 2, 1889 (RG1 S2). |
