Boston University

In 1869, three Trustees of the Boston Theological Institute got from the Massachusetts Legislature a contract for a college by name of "Boston University." These three were effective Boston agents and Methodist laymen, with a background marked by association in instructive endeavors and turned into the Founders of Boston University. They were Isaac Rich (1801–1872), Lee Claflin (1791–1871), and Jacob Sleeper (1802–1889), for whom Boston University's three West Campus quarters are named. Lee Claflin's child, William, was then Governor of Massachusetts and marked the University Charter on May 26, 1869 after it was gone by the Legisl