Lyman D. Wooster Papers

Lyman Dwight Wooster was born in Greeley, Colorado, on July 15, 1884. He received his Bachelor’s of Arts degree from the Kansas State Normal School in Emporia, Kansas, in 1911 and completed his Master’s of Philosophy degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1919. He completed his PhD in Zoology from Stanford University in 1936.

In 1909, he taught science at the Western Branch of the Kansas Normal School. In 1912, he was appointed head of the Biology Department. He served as Dean of Fort Hays Kansas State College from 1938 to 1941. On August 15, 1941, he was appointed as the fourth president of Fort Hays Kansas State College. He served in this role until 1949. As President Emeritus, he continued to teach as a Professor of Zoology and Geology until his retirement in 1954. He served as executive secretary of the Western Kansas Development Association and editor of its publication, The West Kansan. His book on the history of Fort Kansas State College, written under the working title Fort Hays Kansas State College: An Historical Story, was published posthumously in 1961 as A History of Fort Hays Kansas State College 1902-1961. Dr. Lyman D. Wooster died on February 21, 1960.