Davidson is a town on Lake Norman in northern Mecklenburg County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 10,944 at the 2010 census, and in 2016 the estimated population was 12,452. The town was founded in 1837 with the establishment of the Presbyterian Davidson College, named for Brigadier General William Lee Davidson, a local Revolutionary War hero. The land for Davidson College came from Davidson's estate, a large portion of which was donated by his son.
Sir Donald Charles McKinnon is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand. He was the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2000 until 2008.
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James Gordon MacKinnon is currently the Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Econometrics in the Department of Economics at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, where he has spent his entire academic career and previously served as Head of the department.
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R. Peter MacKinnon, is a Canadian lawyer and legal academic. MacKinnon served as the president of the University of Saskatchewan from 1999 to 2012. On 1 July 2014, he was named as the interim president of Athabasca University.
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The sketch comedy television show Saturday Night Live (SNL) has for almost three decades aired a number of sketches parodying Hillary Clinton, from her time as First Lady, and during both her presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2016.
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 Nineteenth Century. While president, Williamson steered the college through financial uncertainty while also building the Eumenean and Philanthropic Halls.
Reverend George Wilson McPhail D.D. was a Presbyterian minister, and educator who served as the sixth president of Lafayette College, a director at Princeton Theological Seminary, and as president of Davidson College.
John Rennie Blake was the faculty chairman in charge of Davidson College from 1871–1877.
John Bunyan Shearer was the eighth president of Davidson College.
Henry Louis Smith was the ninth president of Davidson College and the first president to not be an ordained Presbyterian minister.
William Joseph Martin Jr. was the tenth president of Davidson College, being installed as president in 1912. Martin, the son of a Confederate veteran who was also a professor at Davidson, graduated from Davidson in 1888. After receiving advanced degrees from the University of Virginia and further instruction at Johns Hopkins University, Martin eventually found his way back to Davidson as a chemistry professor.
Walter Lee Lingle was the 11th president of Davidson College. Lingle graduated from Davidson in 1892 and proceeded to receive his training at Union Theological Seminary. After spending a few years in the ministry, Lingle was elected to the board of trustees and eventually was appointed as president in 1929.
Robert 'Bobby' Vagt was the 16th president of Davidson College. Vagt, originally from Connecticut, graduated from Davidson in 1969. Vagt worked in the ministry and in healthcare until he became the executive director of the Municipal Assistance Corporation for New York City, New York, aiding in efforts to save the city from bankruptcy. Later, Vagt moved to Houston, Texas to work in the energy sector.
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 the 14th president of Davidson College. Originally from South Carolina, Spencer graduated from Davidson in 1940, then serving in the US Army during World War II. After the war, he matriculated at Harvard University to receive a Ph.D. Afterward, Spencer returned to his alma mater to serve as an assistant to then-President John Rood Cunningham, while also becoming a professor of history. Spencer left Davidson to become president of Mary Baldwin College, returning as president in 1968.
Carol Quillen is the 18th and current president of Davidson College. She is the first female president ever and the first non-alum president since John Rood Cunningham.
