Biography / Administrative History
Tully C. Knoles (1876-1959) served as president of the College (now University) of the Pacific from 1919 to 1946, and as Chancellor from 1946 to 1959. Knoles's many accomplishments at Pacific included moving the campus from San Jose to Stockton in 1924. Before coming to Pacific, Knoles was the Head of the History Department at the University of Southern California. Knoles and his wife Emily had eight children, all of whom graduated from the College of the Pacific.
More information on Tully Knoles can be found in History of the College of the Pacific, 1851-1951 by Rockwell D. Hunt (College of the Pacific, 1951), and Pioneer or Perish: A History of the University of the Pacific During the Administration of Dr. Robert E. Burns, 1946-1971 by Kara Pratt Brewer (University of the Pacific, 1977).
From the guide to the Knoles Family collection, ca. 1870s-1990s, (University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of Special Collections)
