William Rainey Harper Small 264×320 Medium 529×640 Large 846×1024 Download Tiff Original 1339×1621 | (6.2 MB) Description (1856-1906) First president of the University of Chicago. Keywords educator, portrait, University of Chicago Galleries Educators, Famous People: H Source: Chandler B. Beach The New Student's Reference Work for Teachers Students and Families (Chicago, IL: F. E. Compton and Company, 1909)