John Lloyd Newcomb

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name = John Lloyd Newcomb


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death_date = death date|1954|02|22
death_place = Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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known_for = President of the University of Virginia
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alma_mater = College of William and Mary University of Virginia
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term = 1931-1947
predecessor = Edwin A. Alderman
successor = Colgate Darden
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John Lloyd Newcomb (born December 181881 in Sassafras, Gloucester County, Virginiacitation
url=http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/VA-GGS/2006-03/1143084545
title=RootsWeb: VA-GGS-L Archives
last=Rowe
first=Sylvia
date=2006-03-22
accessdate=2008-10-03] ; died February 221954)cite news |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40E12FF3F5E107B93C6AB1789D85F408585F9&scp=11&sq=john+newcomb+%22university+of+virginia%22&st=p |title=Dr. J.L. Newcomb, Educator, Is Dead |work=New York Times |date=1954-02-23 |pages=25] served as the second president of the University of Virginia, ascending to the position after the death of Edwin Alderman. Newcomb, a member of the engineering faculty of the University, oversaw the University through the Depression and the Second World War and managed its physical expansion, including the building of Scott Stadium, the Bayly Art Museum, and Alderman Library.citation
url=http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/2005/08/chiefs.html
title=Hail to the Chiefs: 100 Years Since UVA's First Presidential Inauguration
last=Kelly
first=Matt
date=2005-03-05
accessdate=2008-01-03]

Newcomb received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary in 1900 and subsequently took a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1903.cite book
last=Dabney
first=Virginius
authorlink=Virginius Dabney
url=http://repo.lib.virginia.edu:18080/fedora/get/uva-lib:178665/uva-lib-bdef:105/getPageTurner?behav=getImageBrowse&page=uva-lib:178841
title=Mr. Jefferson's University: A History
publisher=University of Virginia Press
location=Charlottesville
pages=140|isbn=081390904X] While a student and after receiving his civil engineering degree he worked as a computer in the engineering office of the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company in New York and as an engineer for the Norfolk and Southern Railway. Newcomb was appointed an adjunct professor of civil engineering in 1905 by the Board of Visitors of UVA.cite book
last=Bruce
first=Philip Alexander
authorlink=Philip Alexander Bruce
title=History of the University of Virginia 1819-1919: The Lengthened Shadow of One Man
volume=4
publisher=MacMillan
pages=300
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ns0zAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA300&dq=%22john+lloyd+newcomb%22&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1
year=1921
accessdate=2008-01-03] He became Edwin Alderman's assistant in 1926Dabney, 131-132.] and succeeded Alderman after the first UVA president died of complications from a stroke. He was confirmed in the position after nearly two years as acting president, despite his lack of national renown.citation
url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,746217,00.html
title=Head Changes
date=1933-10-13
journal=Time
year=1933
accessdate=2008-01-03]

While president of the University, Newcomb received honorary degrees from Washington and Lee University (doctor of science, 1933)cite web |url=http://registrar.wlu.edu/honors/hondegs.htm |title=Washington and Lee University: Honorary Degrees Conferred|accessdate=2008-04-21] and from his alma mater, the College of William and Mary (LL.D. 1935).cite web |url=http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Honorary_degree_recipients |title=Honorary degree recipients - Special Collections Research Center |accessdate=2008-04-21]

After his death, Newcomb was revealed to be a member of the Seven Society, the UVA secret society known for its gifts to and support of the University community. In 1958 the Seven Society donated $17,777.77 to establish a loan fund for faculty and students in Newcomb's honor.citation
url=http://scripta.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-textwg/cavdaily.pl?str=John%20lloyd%20newcomb&offset=4939010&fileid=19680207
title=More Than $50,000 Awarded: Seven's History Of Gifts, Pranks Recalled
newspaper=Cavalier Daily
date=1968-02-07
last=Ladt
first=Carroll
accessdate=2008-01-04]

An engineering professorship, the John Lloyd Newcomb Professor of Material Science and Engineering Physics, is endowed in Newcomb's memory,citation
url=http://www.virginia.edu/ep/faculty/rejohnson.html
title=R.E. Johnson (faculty bio)
accessdate=2008-01-03] and the student union building at Virginia, Newcomb Hall, is named after him.citation
url=http://www.virginia.edu/newcomb/aboutus/history.html
title=Newcomb: About Us
accessdate=2008-01-03]

Academic career

*1905-1925 – Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia)
*1925-1931 – Dean of Engineering, University of Virginia
*1926-1931 – Assistant to the President, University of Virginia
*1931-1933 – Acting President, University of Virginia
*1933-1947 – President of the University of Virginia

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