Daniel Cummings Van Norman (1815-1886) Maple 112

 Dr, Daniel C. Van Norman, LL.D. was born on August 17,1815 in Nelson, Canada West. He graduated Wesleyan in 1838 and joined the Canada Wesleyan Conference the next year and was professor of physics and the classics in Victoria College, in Coburg from 1838-1845. He founded the Burlington Ladies Academy, Hamilton, Ontario in 1845. He was principal there until 1851 and that year assumed the position of director of Rutgers Female Institute in New York City, a spot he held until 1857. He founded the Van Norman Institute, a school for young ladies, and successfully ran it until his death in 1886. It was located in 1874 at 75 East 61st Street and then in 1895 at 280 West 71st Street. His wife, Mme. Van Norman was the principal. They taught young ladies language, music, art and the Delsarte theory of carrying oneself.

After his death, the Van Norman Alumnae association raised the money to erect a monument for him in Maple Grove Cemetery. The monument is simple, six feet in height and dedicated ”Erected in Loving Memory by the Van Norman Alumnae.”