The University of Manitoba is a public research university in Winnipeg City,Manitoba Province,Canada. Founded in 1877,it is the first university of Western Canada. Both by total student enrolment and campus area,the University of Manitoba is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. Its main campus is located in the Fort Garry neighbourhood of Winnipeg,with other campuses throughout the city:the Bannatyne Campus,the James W. Burns Executive Education Centre,the William Norrie Centre,and the French-language affiliate,Universitéde Saint-Boniface in the Saint Boniface ward.
Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown,Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams,a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was killed in the French and Indian War in 1755.
Janet Graham Travell was an American physician and medical researcher.
James "Tama Jim" Wilson was a Scottish-born American politician who served as United States secretary of agriculture for sixteen years during three presidencies,from 1897 to 1913. He holds the record as the longest-serving United States Cabinet member.
Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson,North Carolina. It was established in 1837 by the Concord Presbytery and named after Revolutionary War general William Lee Davidson,who was killed at the nearby Battle of Cowan's Ford.
Synodical College was a four-year college in Fulton,Missouri,providing education for young women from 1873 until 1928. The school operated under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church. The Synod,meeting in 1871 at Cape Girardeau,Missouri,accepted an offer that year of $16,500 in cash subscriptions from the citizens of Callaway County and 4 acres (16,000 m2) of land,donated by Daniel M. Tucker. The college opened in 1873.
Sigma Pi Sigma (ΣΠΣ),founded at Davidson College on December 11,1921,is the oldest and only American honor society for physics and astronomy. It is an organization within the Society of Physics Students and the American Institute of Physics and a member of the Association of College Honor Societies. The society's stated goals are "to honor outstanding scholarship in physics and astronomy;to encourage interest in physics and astronomy among students at all levels;to promote an attitude of service of its members towards their fellow students,colleagues,and the public;to provide a fellowship of persons who have excelled in physics and astronomy." The society has some 90,000 historical members.
Cobb Divinity School was a Baptist theological institute. Founded in 1840,it was a Free Will Baptist graduate school affiliated with several Free Baptist institutions throughout its history. Cobb was part of Bates College in Lewiston,Maine,United States from 1870 until 1908 when it merged with the college's Religion Department.
John Grier Hibben was a Presbyterian minister,a philosopher,and educator. He served as president of Princeton University from 1912–1932,succeeding Woodrow Wilson and implementing many of the reforms started by Wilson. His term as President began after the term of Acting Princeton President Stewart,who served for two years after Wilson's departure.
James Marion Farr was an American university professor and academic administrator. Farr was a native of South Carolina,and earned bachelor's,master's and doctorate degrees before beginning his career as a professor of English language and literature. He was the interim president of the University of Florida from 1927 until 1928,and also served as the university's first vice president from 1905 to 1934.
Chairman Blake House is a historic private home located at Davidson,Mecklenburg County,North Carolina. It was built about 1860,and is a 1+1⁄2-story,five-bay,double pile Greek Revival style frame dwelling with a one-story rear ell. It has steep side gable roof,four brick interior chimneys,and weatherboard sheathing. It features porches on the front and rear facades supported by Tuscan order columns. It was moved to its present location in October 2000. It was the home of Professor John Rennie Blake (1825–1900),who is believed to have occupied the house throughout his tenure at Davidson College,1861–1885. Today,the home is privately owned.
Samuel Williamson was the second president of Davidson College. After graduating from the University of South Carolina,Williamson entered the ministry. He arrived at Davidson in 1839 as a professor and then was appointed as president in 1841,becoming the longest serving president of the college during the 19th century. While president,Williamson steered the college through financial uncertainty while also building the Eumenean and Philanthropic Halls.
George Wilson McPhail was an American Presbyterian minister,and educator who served as the sixth president of Lafayette College,a director at Princeton Theological Seminary,and as the fifth president of Davidson College.
John Bunyan Shearer (1832–1919) was the eighth president of Davidson College.
David Grier Martin Sr. was the 13th president of Davidson College. A graduate of Davidson College,class of 1932,he served as college treasurer under President Cunningham. He was forty-eight years old when he accepted the presidency of Davidson. A native of Covington,Georgia,Martin attended Emory University for graduate studies.
John Wells Kuykendall was the 15th president of Davidson College. Graduating from Davidson in 1959,Kuykendall went on to receive a bachelor in divinity from Union Theological Seminary and then more advanced degrees from Yale Divinity School and Princeton University. He eventually became a professor of religion and campus pastor at Auburn University.
Samuel Reid Spencer Jr. was an American academic administrator who served as the 14th president of Davidson College from 1968 to 1983.
Carol Quillen was the 18th president of Davidson College and currently serves on the Princeton Board of Trustees. She was the first female president of Davidson College and the first non-alum president since John Rood Cunningham.
Vivian Ann Davidson Hewitt was an American art collector,specializing in African-American art,and a librarian. She was Pittsburgh’s first African American librarian,and later became the first African American president of the Special Libraries Association. Her art collection,which she and her husband,John Hewitt,amassed over fifty years,is considered one of the finest collections of artwork by African-American artists and is on exhibit at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture in Charlotte,N.C. In 2016,she was awarded the honorary title of Dame by Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.
