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Trivia: Who Was Northeastern University’s First President?
Weekly Trivia
Asa Knowles
Who was Northeastern University’s first president?
Kenneth Ryder
John Curry
Frank Speare
Answer
Speare was the university’s founding president, shepherding its growth out of a night school at the Huntington Avenue YMCA in Boston. He oversaw the founding of the law school and the beginnings of the co-op program; he also brought on the school’s first “King Husky” dog mascot, who lived with him briefly.
Who was Northeastern University’s first president?
Asa Knowles
Kenneth Ryder
John Curry
Frank Speare