sons. The idea of changing the college's name was not mentioned at the event and the idea was abandoned.
=== Principals and presidents ===
The following is a list of the school's leaders since its founding in 1850.
==== Principals (Western Reserve Eclectic Institute) ====
1850–1856 – Amos Sutton Hayden
1857–1861 – James A. Garfield
1861–1864 – Harvey W. Everest (Pro Tem)
1864–1865 – C. W. Heywood (acting)
1865–1866 – Adoniram J. Thomson (managing)
1866–1867 – John M. Atwater
==== Presidents (Hiram College) ====
=== James H. Barrow Field Station ===
In 1967, Paul and Maxine Frohring donated their recently acquired 75 acres of land in Garrettsville to Hiram College to promote wildlife research. James H. Barrow, a biology professor at the college, founded the Hiram Biological Station on the land, causing the place to later be named in his honor in 1985. Originally, the property had a beech-maple forest, a stream and a bog, but over the years it grew into over 500 acres containing forests, fields, ponds, …
