Charles R. Van Hise

I shall never be content until the beneficent influence of the University reaches every family of the state.

Charles Richard Van Hise (May 29, 1857 – November 19, 1918) was an American geologist, academic and progressive. He served as president of the University of Wisconsin (UW) in Madison, Wisconsin, from 1903 to 1918.

Quotes

• I shall never be content until the beneficent influence of the University reaches every family of the state.
  • Address (1905), as quoted in The Storm Before the Storm (2017)