[4] He then moved to Cincinnati, where he took a course at Lane Theological Seminary, and was later awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the school.

[6] Claud's son Thomas Leigh Gatch, commanded the battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) and served as Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy during World War II.

[3] In 1859, Thomas Gatch moved to Olympia, Washington, where he worked as the principal of Puget Sound Wesleyan Institute.

[4] While at Oregon State he was also a professor of political and mental science, and was the first president of the school to hold a doctorate degree.

[4] Gatch served at the Corvallis school until July 1907 when he resigned as president, though continued teaching until the end of the year.