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Annie Dove Denmark

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Denmark, c. 1942

Annie Dove Denmark (1887–1974) was an American music educator and academic administrator who was the fifth president of Anderson College (now Anderson University) in Anderson, South Carolina, from 1928 to 1953. A talented musician in her youth, Denmark attended what is now Meredith College and graduated with an artist's diploma in piano in 1908. She began teaching piano at Anderson in 1917. She is commonly cited as the first woman president of a college or university in South Carolina, though this claim is incorrect. She oversaw Anderson's transition from a four-year college to a two-year junior college, the first in the state. The school's debt was paid off by the South Carolina Baptist Convention in May 1938, and attendance increased after World War II when the school enrolled the most men since becoming co-educational in 1931. She left office in May 1953, concluding a 25-year presidency that remains the longest in Anderson's history. (Full article...)

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Main editors: PCN02WPS
Promoted: August 15, 2023
Reasons for nomination:
Support as nominator. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 18:10, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Mujinga (talk) 20:49, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]