Background
He was born in Lisle, New York, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Union College 1834.
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Orange Nash Stoddard
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He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degrees at Monmouth College.
Career
He joined the Miami faculty in 1845 and among his more prominent students were Benjamin Harrison, David Swing, John Willock Noble and Whitelaw Reid. He resigned in 1870 to assume a professorship at the College of Wooster where he died in 1892 while serving as professor emeritus. Stoddard Hall on the Miami campus was named for him in 1937.
Membership
At Miami, he became a faculty member of Phi Delta Theta and was known affectionately as "Stoddy" and "the Little Wizard" by his students.
