Keywords: Rev William Bacon Stevens.jpg The Rt Rev William Bacon Stevens D D fourth Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania and president of the Board of Trustees of Lehigh University 1866-1872 Speaking of when Asa Packer proposed that they found a university he said I drew up the outline sketch of such an institution as I thought would give the largest results for the means used and submitted it in a few weeks to his inspection Edmund M Hyde The Lehigh University a Historical Sketch 1896 http //www lehigh edu/library/speccoll/hyde pdf The Lehigh University a Historical Sketch by Edmund M Hyde 1896 between 1865 1887 author PD-old-100 William Bacon Stevens |