Edward Kimmel Papers, 1897-1960

Edward Kimmel was raised in Waitsburg, Washington and went to the Waitsburg Academy. He travelled to Pullman in a covered wagon to join the first graduating class of the Washington State Agricultural College and School of Science (later the State College of Washington, now Washington State University). While at WSC, he was a member of the College's first football team. After graduating in 1897, Kimmel became the first president of the WSC Alumni Association. He married Florence Eleanore Snyder, WSC class of 1898. Kimmel served as a Colonel, in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. At some point he became a WSC faculty member.