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Leigh S. J. Hunt was born in Indiana in 1855. He obtained his
undergraduate degree through Middlebury College in Vermont via correspondence
course. Hunt studied law independently and passed the bar in Indiana. He then
taught at public schools in Indiana before moving to Iowa and becoming
superintendent of schools at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa (1880) and East Des Moines
Independent School District, Des Moines, Iowa (1882). Hunt became the third
president (1885) of Iowa State Agricultural College (Iowa State University). His
lack of experience and aggressive style of leadership led to conflicts with the
students and faculty and he resigned in 1886 after only one year.
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