The original board of incorporators, preceding the Board of Trustees established in January 1853, had the following members, as enumerated in the charter of 1852
- David Emmet
- Nathaniel Halderman
- Reuben W. Brush
- John Wilson
- Benjamin P. Miller
- Leonard Goss
- Calvin Gray
- James Hallett
- James Ferguson
- John Irvine, Sr.
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