Third President of Ripon College, 1892-1901

Ripon's third president was Dr. Rufus Cushman Flagg, a widely respected biblical scholar and Congregational minister with a flair for financial management. Within one year of assuming office, he raised $50,000 in pledges, thereby qualifying the College for an $80,000 gift. He also launched a program for modernization by adding men like O.H. Ingram and Albert G. Farr to the board of trustees and by gently bringing about the retirement of several of the more conservative board members. Ingram Hall was built in the last year of his administration.