1000 E. University Avenue
Dept. 3434
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-4121
Fax: 307-766-4126
Email: uwpres@uwyo.edu
Frederick Monroe Tisdel (1904-1908)
Tisdel was the President of the University of Wyoming from 1904-1908. He was born September 8, 1869, in Brighton, Massachusetts and in 1891 received a degree from Northwestern University as well as from Northwestern School of Oratory. Furthering his studies, Tisdel received his M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, at Madison, and obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1900. He was head of the Department of English at Armour Institute of Technology, in Chicago, before he was called to the Presidency of the University of Wyoming. He was removed from office in 1908 on charges of "insubordination, untruthfulness, and maladministration."
Predecessor: Charles Lewis
Successors: James D. Towar (Interim March 1908-May 1908)