Burrowes, eulogized him saying, "He came to this college in the darkest period of its history. The number of students had dwindled to a handful. Public confidence had been withdrawn. The institution had become involved in debt....President Burrowes brought with him the trust of the public, because his had been an educational career that was widely known in PA, both in itself and for the success that had attended it. And although he was not in the 65th year of his age, his enthusiasm and natural vigor seemed just as great as it had been years before. His presence reestablished public confidence, the number of students attracted by his reputation very greatly increased, the course of study was reformed, and the institution was put into practicable working condition. During his administration, the experimental farm at the State College was founded and put into operation. There can be no doubt of our indebtedness to Dr. Burrowes for most of this that we enjoy today, for it he had not assumed control at the period at which he did, in all probability the college would have ceased to exist." A road named in his honor travels through the borough of State College and the University Park campus and leads to the Nittany Lion Shrine as well as the Burrowes Building. References Further reading External links Thomas Henry Burrowes 1868-1871 1805 births 1871 deaths Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Presidents of Pennsylvania State University Secretaries of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Mayors of Lancaster, Pennsylvania 19th-century American politicians