Chancellor Lathrop was formally inaugurated at the University of Wisconsin.

The evidence

• “Sterling as principal of the preparatory department, which was opened February 5, 1849. Chancellor Lathrop was not formally inaugurated until January 16, 1850.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/03-wisconsin-topography-geology-agriculture.md, PDF p. 139 / book p. 143

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources