Joseph Caldwell

For other people named Joseph Caldwell, see Joseph Caldwell (disambiguation).

Joseph Caldwell
Portrait of Caldwell.
Born	(1773-04-21)April 21, 1773 Lamington, New Jersey
Died	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Princeton University
Occupation	Educator, Religious Minister
Known for	1st President of the University of North Carolina
Term	1796-1797 (presiding professor) 1799-1804 (presiding professor) 1804-1812 1816-1835
Predecessor	Charles Wilson Harris James Smiley Gillaspie
Successor	James Smiley Gillaspie Robert Hett Chapman David Lowry Swain
Spouse(s)	Susan Rowan Helen Hogg Hooper

Joseph Caldwell (April 21, 1773 – January 27, 1835) was a U.S. educator, Presbyterian minister, and mathematician. He was the first president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, holding the office from 1804 until 1812, and from 1816 until his death in 1835. He was born in Lamington, New Jersey.

Caldwell County, North Carolina is named for him.

In October, 2013 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosted a display to commemorate the role of Masons in the establishment of the first public university in the United States. Among items on display were the 18th- and 19th-century papers from Eagle Lodge No. 19 in Hillsborough documenting the applications, or “petitions,” of UNC’s first President Joseph Caldwell to receive the first and second degrees of Masonry.

External links

• Autobiography and Biography of Rev. Joseph Caldwell, D.D., L.L.D., First President of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, [N.C.]: J.B. Neathery, 1860.
• Joseph Caldwell Papers at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
• Caldwell Monument