An 1872 scandal at this institution occurred when skilled boxer George E. Goodfellow, who later treated many gunshot wounds in the Old West, was expelled for attacking this institution's first black student, John H. Conyers.
An 1872 scandal at this institution occurred when skilled boxer George E. Goodfellow, who later treated many gunshot wounds in the Old West, was expelled for attacking this institution's first black student, John H. Conyers. Albert Michelson, who later collaborated at Case Western with Edward Morley, conducted pioneering experiments on the speed of light at this institution. During the Civil War, the first superintendent of this institution, Franklin (*) Buchanan, defected to the Confederacy, and this institution itself was temporarily relocated to Newport, Rhode Island. After the Civil War, professional methods were instilled at this institution by superintendent David Dixon Porter, who was appointed to the post by Gideon Welles. This institution was established in 1845 under a cabinet member who also published a monumental early History of the United States. George Bancroft established, for 10 points, what service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland?
An 1872 scandal at this institution occurred when skilled boxer George E. Goodfellow, who later treated many gunshot wounds in the Old West, was expelled for attacking this institution's first black student, John H. Conyers.
United States Naval Academy (or USNA; accept Navy; accept Annapolis before "Annapolis")