David Stanton Tappan (1845–1922) was an American Presbyterian minister who served as president of Miami University from 1899–1902.
He earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree from the Theological Seminary at Allegheny, Pennsylvania in 1867 and M.A.
Early in his ministerial career, he pastored several churches in Iowa including many years in Mount Pleasant.
Tappan Hall, a dormitory on the Miami University campus is named in his memory.
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