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Comstock
Family
Solomon
G. Comstock (1842-1933) was a Minnesota state senator and a U.S. Congressman. He is considered the
"Father" of Moorhead State Normal School (now Minnesota State
University Moorhead) because in 1885 he introduced to the Minnesota
State Legislature a proposal to build the state’s fourth "normal school" in
Moorhead. The proposal was successfully passed by the Legislature in 1887. Comstock also donated the six acres
of land upon which the university was
founded. (Picture courtesy of MSUM Archives.)
Sarah
Comstock (1845-1941), the wife of Solomon, was instrumental in establishing the first public
library in Moorhead. (Picture courtesy of MSUM Archives.)
Ada Comstock
(1876-1973), the eldest child of Solomon and Sarah, had a distinguished
career in higher education. She
attended the University of Minnesota and Smith College.
After graduating from Smith, she attended the Moorhead State Normal
School, where she became certified to teach.
She was appointed as the first Dean of Women at the University of
Minnesota and later served as the first Dean of Smith College.
In 1923 she became President of Radcliffe College. (Picture courtesy of MSUM Archives.)
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