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Potential DYK hooks for each president of Centre College:

Listed, featured: ... that James McChord was elected to the presidency of Centre College by its board of trustees, but died before he could take office?
... that college president Jeremiah Chamberlain was murdered by a planter for speaking out against slavery? created 2014 (10)
... that minister and Centre College president Gideon Blackburn founded two schools for Cherokee boys in southeast Tennessee? created 2005 (19)
Listed, featured, promoted: ... that John C. Young served as president of Centre College for nearly 27 years, longer than any other president in the school's history?
Listed, featured, promoted: ... that Lewis W. Green was one of two members of the first graduating class of Centre College and was later president of the school?
Listed, featured: ... that one abolitionist said that William L. Breckinridge's anti-slavery views would "disqualify [him] from political usefulness"?
Listed, featured, promoted: ... that Ormond Beatty was the first Centre College president who was not a minister?
Listed, featured: ... that Centre College president William C. Young awarded degrees to three of his half-sisters in 1891, as they had completed the requirements forty years earlier?
... that Centre College president William C. Roberts was born in Aberystwyth, Wales, and was orphaned as a child?
... that Centre College built a new library in 1913 with funds from Andrew Carnegie, as the result of an initiative by president Frederick W. Hinitt? created 2009 (15)
... that William Arthur Ganfield was a supporter of the Centre College athletics department during his time as president, and was in office for the C6H0 game? created 2009 (15)
Listed, featured: ... that R. Ames Montgomery resigned as president of Centre College after students petitioned to remove him for de-emphasizing football?
Listed, featured: ... that Charles J. Turck was accused of being a communist spy during his time as president of Macalester College?
Listed, featured: ... that Robert L. McLeod and Robert J. McMullen served as co-presidents of Centre College from September 1944 to November 1945?
Listed, featured: ... that Walter A. Groves received a job offer from Centre College by telegram around the same time that he was forced to leave his work as a missionary in Iran due to the country's invasion?
Listed, featured, promoted: ... that president Thomas A. Spragens suspended all classes at Centre College several days after the Kent State shootings, and organized teaching sessions for students on the college lawn?
... Richard L. Morrill hook TBD. created 2007 (17)
Listed, nominated: ... that Michael F. Adams served as chief of staff to Howard Baker for three years while he was Senate Minority Leader?
- ... that Michael F. Adams, the nineteenth president of Centre College, was the school's first president who was not Presbyterian?
- ... that Michael F. Adams applied for the presidency of the University of Georgia on the last possible day?
Listed, featured: ... that Centre College hosted two vice-presidential debates during John A. Roush's presidency?
Listed, featured: ... that Milton C. Moreland wrote his honors thesis about the Nag Hammadi library?

Sources needed

Jeremiah Chamberlain

President of what is now Centenary College of Louisiana, later the founding president of now-defunct Oakland College, Mississippi.

Bryson, Helen Ruth (1941). A History of Centenary College. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University. OCLC 1326008802.
Bruss, Melvin Kellogg (1965). History of Oakland College (Mississippi), 1830–1871. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University. OCLC 1325915210.

William L. Breckinridge (to improve)

Bruss, Melvin Kellogg (1965). History of Oakland College (Mississippi), 1830–1871. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University. OCLC 1325915210.

William C. Roberts

President of Chicago's Lake Forest College.

Stockwell, La Tourette (1938). A History of Lake Forest College. Lake Forest, Illinois: Lake Forest College.
Schulze, Franz; Cowler, Rosemary; Miller, Arthur H. (2000). 30 Miles North: A History of Lake Forest College, Its Town, and Its City of Chicago. Lake Forest, Illinois: Lake Forest College. ISBN 978-0-9638-1896-6.

Charles Turck

19-year term as president of Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) after Centre.

Funk, Henry Daniel (October 27, 2022). A History of Macalester College: Its Origin, Struggle, and Growth. Creative Media Partners, LLC. ISBN 978-1-0178-6750-3.
Y Kilde, Jeanne Halgren (2010). Nature and Revelation: A History of Macalester College. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-1-4529-1515-9.

Reward listing

Offeror: PCN02WPS (talk | contribs)
Date offered: 15:12, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
Request: Take a good photograph of a gravesite of one of the presidents of Centre College for which such a picture is not already available on Commons/WP. For your convenience, the needed pictures are:

Needed Centre College gravesite pictures

Jeremiah Chamberlain – Oakland Cemetery, Alcorn, Mississippi
Gideon Blackburn – Carlinville City Cemetery, Carlinville, Illinois
William L. Breckinridge – Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
William C. Roberts – Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, New Jersey
Frederick W. Hinitt – Oakland Cemetery, White Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
William Arthur Ganfield – Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Wisconsin
R. Ames Montgomery – Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Robert L. McLeod – Oak Grove Cemetery, Maxton, North Carolina
Robert J. McMullen – Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Walter A. Groves – Crown Hill Cemetery, Albany, Georgia

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