Presidents
The college has only had six Presidents in its 116-year history. After the death of Ashley Johnson, Emma Johnson became president. Ms. Johnson was one of the first women to be elected and serve as president of any college in the United States. Dr. David L. Eubanks was the first President to retire from office. Prior to that, all other presidents of the College died while in office. They are buried in the College Cemetery across from the Old Main Building.
In 1896, during his tenure as the college's president, Ashley Johnson wrote the Condensed Biblical Encyclopedia.
| President | Term |
|---|---|
| Ashley S. Johnson (Founder) | 1893−1925 |
| Emma Johnson (Founder) | 1925−1927 |
| Alva Ross Brown | 1927−1941 |
| Robert M. Bell, Ph.D. | 1941−1968 |
| David L. Eubanks, Ph.D.* | 1969−2007 |
| Gary E. Weedman, Ph.D. | 2007−present |
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Famous quotes containing the word presidents:
“A president, however, must stand somewhat apart, as all great presidents have known instinctively. Then the language which has the power to survive its own utterance is the most likely to move those to whom it is immediately spoken.”
—J.R. Pole (b. 1922)
“All Presidents start out to run a crusade but after a couple of years they find they are running something less heroic and much more intractable: namely the presidency. The people are well cured by then of election fever, during which they think they are choosing Moses. In the third year, they look on the man as a sinner and a bumbler and begin to poke around for rumours of another Messiah.”
—Alistair Cooke (b. 1908)
“You must drop all your democracy. You must not believe in “the people.” One class is no better than another. It must be a case of Wisdom, or Truth. Let the working classes be working classes. That is the truth. There must be an aristocracy of people who have wisdom, and there must be a Ruler: a Kaiser: no Presidents and democracies.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)