Frank Strong

Frank Strong (August 5, 1859 – August 6, 1934) was the third president of the University of Oregon from 1899 to 1902 and sixth Chancellor of the University of Kansas from 1902 to 1920.

Strong was born on August 5, 1859, in Venice Center, New York, a son of Mary Foote and John Butler Strong. He graduated from the Yale Law School and between 1886–88 was a lawyer in Kansas City. He left his law practice to become principal of a high school in St Joseph, Missouri. Here he met Mary Evelyn Ransom; they married on June 24, 1890, and raised two children. In 1892 he became superintendent of the Lincoln, Nebraska school district. Strong wrote some works on the colonial history of the United States.

Strong died at his home in Lawrence, Kansas on August 6, 1934, the day after his 75th birthday. He is interred at the Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, New York.