University Seal

Authors

John Wesley Powell, Illinois Wesleyan University

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Description

Former IWU professor John Wesley Powell is best known for his expeditions along the Colorado River, but he also designed the university seal and created the motto Scientia et Sapientia, meaning "knowledge and wisdom". The photograph shown here depicts the seal mounted on McPherson Theatre.

Publication Date

1865

Publisher

Tate Archives & Special Collections, Illinois Wesleyan University

Disciplines

Higher Education

Recommended Citation

Powell, John Wesley, "University Seal" (1865). IWU 175th Anniversary Digital Archive. 16.
https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/iwu_175archive/16