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Ellen Glasgow

She was the granddaughter of Congressman Thomas Gholson, Jr. and Anne Yates, and a descendant of Rev. William Yates, the College of William & Mary's fifth president (1761–1764).

James M. Sellers

His son, James M. Sellers, Jr., served as Wentworth's Superintendent from 1973 to 1990, and one of his grandsons, William W. Sellers served as President of Wentworth from 2008 to 2013.


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Aebischer

Patrick Aebischer (born 1954), Swiss neuroscientist and college president

Center for Advanced Judaic Studies

The library also holds the personal letters of more than 50 Jewish-American leaders from the 1800s and 1900s, including Isaac Leeser, Abraham Neuman, Cyrus Adler (a former Dropsie College president), Mary M. Cohen, Sabato Morais, Charles Cohen, Ben Zion Goldberg, and the benefactor Dropsie.

Farmington, Delaware

Lyman Pierson Powell - born 21 Sep 1866, (alternate spelling is Pearson), Episcopalian priest, Hobart college president, and historian & author

Franklin Pierce University

In 1975, Frank DiPietro stepped down as college president, and former New Hampshire governor Walter Peterson took over.

George Baxter

George A. Baxter (1771–1841), American educator and College President

Henry Morrison

Henry Clay Morrison (1857–1942), American evangelist and Asbury College president

Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball

Holy Cross could have joined the newly founded Big East Conference in 1980, but college President Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., vetoed the move for academic reasons.

John Outram

Outram designed the new building for the Computational Engineering department at Rice University in Houston, Texas, named Anne and Charles Duncan Hall in honor of outgoing college president Charles Duncan, Jr.

Lankester

Tim Lankester (born 1942), British civil servant and college president

LEAS

Terrence Leas, American academic and community college president

Markwell

Donald Markwell (born 1959), Australian social scientist and college president

Mount Greylock

Timothy Dwight IV, President of Yale University, along with Williams College President Ebenezer Fitch, climbed Greylock in 1799, probably over a rough route cut by a local pioneer farmer Jeremiah Wilbur (in that time more land had been cleared on the slopes for farming than today).

New York Dance Festival

In the early years, Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director Sean McLeod forged a partnership with Cayuga Community College, Director of Student Services Joy Shortell, and past college President Dr. Larry Poole, along with Purchase Conservatory of Dance alum to create this artistic platform.

Ohio University

Vernon Alden, America's youngest college president at the time and a Harvard alumnus, steered the institution's direction and refined its classic profile.

OneWheaton

On April 29, 2011, the day that the letter was distributed, Wheaton College President Philip Ryken responded to the letter by sending an internal email to the students, faculty, and staff of the college.

Poteat

William Louis Poteat (1856–1938), American academic and college president

Spahr

Samuel Spahr Laws (1824 – 1921), an American physician, businessman, inventor, professor, college president and minister

Toby Johnson

A writing teacher at Central Catholic, Martin McMurtrey, inspired Johnson as well as such students as novelist Whitley Strieber, college president Larry Goodwin, and Henry Cisneros.

William Eddy

William A. Eddy (1896–1962), U.S. minister to Saudi Arabia, university professor and college president

William Huddesford

His father, George Huddesford, was the President of Trinity College, Oxford.

William Juxon

In December 1621, he succeeded his friend, William Laud, as President (i.e.. head) of St John's College, and in 1626 and 1627 he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.