Edward Searing

American educator (1835–1898)

Edward Searing


10th Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin
In office January 4, 1874 – January 7, 1878
Preceded by	Samuel Fallows
Succeeded by	William Clarke Whitford

Personal details
Born	(1835-07-14)July 14, 1835 Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, U.S.
Died	October 22, 1898(1898-10-22) (aged 63) Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party	Liberal Republican
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Occupation	Educator

Edward Searing (July 14, 1835 – October 22, 1898) was an American educator.

Born in Aurora, New York, in Cayuga County, New York, Searing received his bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Michigan. In 1857,^[1] he moved to Wisconsin and taught school. Searing then moved to Milton, Wisconsin, in 1863 and became a professor at Milton College. Searing was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin and served from 1874 to 1878. In 1880. Searing moved to Mankato, Minnesota, and became the first President of the Mankato Normal School now Minnesota State University, Mankato.^[2]^[3] Searing died in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on October 22, 1898, while at a normal school board meeting.^[4]

Notes

^ Edward Searing, Wisconsin Historical Society
^ Edward Searing, Wisconsin Historical Society
^ 'The Class of Sixty-One University of Michigan,' Byron Cutcheon, J. Burnman & Son: 1902, Biographical Sketch of Edward Searing, pg. 145-146
^ 'Edward Searing Dead,' Milwaukee Journal, October 24, 1898, pg. 1