Levi L. Rowland | |
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Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction | |
In office September 14, 1874 – September 9, 1878 | |
Governor | La Fayette Grover Stephen F. Chadwick |
Preceded by | Sylvester C. Simpson |
Succeeded by | Leonard J. Powell |
Superintendent of the Oregon Insane Asylum | |
In office July 8, 1891 – August 1, 1895 | |
Preceded by | Harry Lane |
Succeeded by | D. A. Paine |
Personal details | |
Born | September 17, 1831 Nashville, Tennessee |
Died | January 19, 1908 Salem, Oregon | (aged 76)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Emma J. Sanders |
Levi Lindsey Rowland FRSE (September 17, 1831 – January 19, 1908) was an American educator and physician in the state of Oregon. A native of Tennessee, he served as the Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction, president of what became Western Oregon University, and as the superintendent of Oregon's insane asylum, now the Oregon State Hospital. The Republican was also a pastor and farmer.