- David Elliott (college president)
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David Elliott Born February 6, 1787
Sherman Valley, PennsylvaniaDied March 18, 1874 (aged 87)
Allegheny, PennsylvaniaEducation Dickinson College Church Presbyterian David Elliott was the third president of Washington College from 1830 to 1831.[1]
Following the resignation of Andrew Wylie, Washington College was temporarily suspended in 1829 due to the difficulty in finding a candidate willing to accept the presidency, and several Trustees resigned from the Board. Elliot was appointed temporary president of Washington College on September 28, 1830. He received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Jefferson College in 1835, and Doctor of Laws degree from Washington College in 1847. From his resignation as president on November 7, 1831, until 1865, he was president of the Washington College Board of Trustees.
Elliot died March 18, 1874, at the age of 88 years.
His grandson was academic Jonathan Livingston Lowes, a graduate of Washington & Jefferson College.[2]
Writings
- Elliott, David (1848). The Life of the Rev. Elisha Macurdy: With an Appendix, Containing Brief Notices of Various Deceased Ministers of the Presbyterian Church in Western Pennsylvania. Allegheny: Kennedy & Brother. http://books.google.com/books?id=ewYMAAAAYAAJ.
References
- "David Elliott (1787-1874)". Encyclopedia Dicksonia. Dickinson College - Archives and Special Collections. http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/e/ed_elliottD.htm.
- ^ "David Elliott (1830-1831)". U. Grant Miller Library Digital Archives. Washington & Jefferson College. 2003-09-04. http://washjeff.cdmhost.com/u?/p4019coll8,15.
- ^ Coleman, Helen Turnbull Waite (1956). Banners in the Wilderness: The Early Years of Washington and Jefferson College. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 127. OCLC 2191890. http://www.archive.org/details/bannersinthewild012852mbp.
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Academic offices Preceded by
Andrew WyliePresident of Washington College
1830–1831Succeeded by
David McConaughyPresidents of Washington & Jefferson College Founding and early leadership John McMillan · Thaddeus Dod · Joseph SmithJefferson College John Watson (1802–1802) · James Dunlap (1803–1811) · Andrew Wylie (1812–1816) · William McMillan (1817–1822) · Matthew Brown (1822–1845) · Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1845–1847) · Alexander Blaine Brown (1847–1856) · Joseph Alden (1857–1862) · David Hunter Riddle (1862–Union of the Colleges)Washington College Matthew Brown (1806–1817) · Andrew Wylie (1817–1828) · David Elliott (1830–1831) · David McConaughy (1831–1849) · James Clark (1850–1852) · James I. Brownson (Pro Tem. 1852–1853) · John W. Scott (1852–Union of the Colleges)Washington & Jefferson College Jonathan Edwards (1866–1869) · Samuel J. Wilson (Pro Tem. 1869) · James I. Brownson (Pro Tem. 1870) · George P. Hays (1870–1881) · James D. Moffat (1881–1915) · Frederick W. Hinitt (1915–1918) · William E. Slemmons (Pro Tem. 1918–1919) · Samuel Charles Black (1919–1921) · Simon Strousse Baker (1922–1931) · Ralph Cooper Hutchinson (1931–1945) · James Herbert Case, Jr. (1946–1950) · Boyd Crumrine Patterson (1950–1970) · Howard Jerome Burnett (1971–1998) · Brian C. Mitchell (1998–2004) · G. Andrew Rembert (Pro Tem. 2004) · Tori Haring-Smith (2005–present)Categories:- Presidents of Washington & Jefferson College
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