List of presidents of Washington & Jefferson College: Difference between revisions

[[Washington & Jefferson College]] is a private [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] in [[Washington, Pennsylvania]], which is located in the [[Pittsburgh metropolitan area]]. The college traces its origin to three log cabin colleges in [[Washington County, Pennsylvania|Washington County]] established by three Presbyterian missionaries to the [[American frontier]] in the 1780s: [[John McMillan (pastormissionary)|John McMillan]], [[Thaddeus Dod]], and [[Joseph Smith (preacherPresbyterian minister, born 1736)|Joseph Smith]]. These early schools eventually grew into two competing academies and colleges, with Canonsburg Academy, later Jefferson College, located in [[Canonsburg, Pennsylvania|Canonsburg]] and Washington Academy, later Washington College, in Washington. These two colleges merged in 1865 to form Washington & Jefferson College.

The Office of the President is located in [[McMillan Hall]], which is the oldest building on campus, dating to 1793.<ref name=mcmillanarchive>{{Cite web| title = McMillan Hall | work = [[U. Grant Miller Library Digital Archives]]| publisher = Washington & Jefferson College| date = | url = http://washjeff.cdmhost.com/cdm4/build_mcmillan.php|accessdate=2010-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title = Washington & Jefferson College Style Guide| work = | publisher = Washington & Jefferson College| date =2005-11-07| url = http://www.washjeff.edu/uploadedFiles/Academic_Affairs/Technology/a._ITS_Department/Academic_Technology/Teaching_with_Technology/Office%20of%20Communication%20Style%20Guide.pdf| format = PDF| accessdate = 2010-05-07|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100527131245/http://www.washjeff.edu/uploadedFiles/Academic_Affairs/Technology/a._ITS_Department/Academic_Technology/Teaching_with_Technology/Office%20of%20Communication%20Style%20Guide.pdf|archivedate=May 27, 2010}}</ref> Prior to 1912, the Office of the President was located in [[Old Main (Washington & Jefferson College)|Old Main]], taking the two rooms on either side of that building's main entrance.<ref name=mcmillanarchive /> The [[President's House (Washington & Jefferson College)|President's House]] is a 17-room [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] mansion on East Wheeling Street between the [[U. Grant Miller Library]] and [[The Burnett Center]].<ref name=campusmap>{{Cite map|publisher = Office of Communications, Washington & Jefferson College|title = Washington & Jefferson College Campus Map|url = http://www.washjeff.edu/uploadedFiles/External_Relations/About_WandJ/Visit_Us/Getting_Here/CampusMap%283%29.pdf|edition = April 2010|format=PDF| accessdate = 2010-05-16|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110708015222/http://www.washjeff.edu/uploadedFiles/External_Relations/About_WandJ/Visit_Us/Getting_Here/CampusMap(3).pdf|archivedate=July 8, 2011}}</ref><ref name=victorian>{{Cite web| title = Victorian houses (Admissions House and President's House)| work = Historic Campus Architecture Project| publisher = [[Council of Independent Colleges]]| date = | url = http://hcap.artstor.org/cgi-bin/library?a=d&d=p1911| accessdate = 2010-05-16}}</ref> It was built in 1892 by the [[Duncan & Miller Glass Company|Duncan family]] and is an archetypical [[Queen Anne Stylestyle architecture|Queen Anne Victorian]] style building, with ornate "gingerbread" details, stained and beveled glass, recessed doors and windows, and louvered wooden shutters.<ref name=victorian />

Two men, [[Andrew Wylie (college president)|Andrew Wylie]] and [[Matthew Brown (college president)|Matthew Brown]], each served as president of both Jefferson College and Washington College. Several early presidents of Jefferson College had close ties to John McMillan, including his son-in-law [[John Watson (college president)|John Watson]] and his nephew [[William McMillan (college president)|William McMillan]].<ref name=mcmillandynasty>Coleman 1956 p. 60</ref> [[James Dunlap]] was one of McMillan's early students.<ref name=mcmillandynasty /> Other Jefferson College presidents held strong bonds with [[Matthew Brown (college president)|Matthew Brown]], including his son [[Alexander Blaine Brown]] and his protégé and son-in-law [[David Hunter Riddle]].<ref name=blainebrown /><ref>Coleman 1956 pp. 100–101</ref> [[James I. Brownson]], who was a long-time pastor at the [[First Presbyterian Church (Washington, Pennsylvania)|First Presbyterian Church]], served two separate terms as president ''[[pro tempore]]'', once for Washington College and later for Washington & Jefferson College.<ref>{{Cite news| title = Fifty Years a Minister; The Reverend J.I. Brownson's Golden Jubilee to be Celebrated| work = [[The New York Times]]|date = 1891-11-25 | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9401E0DD133AE533A25756C2A9679D94609ED7CF |accessdate =2010-06-02 }}</ref> During [[World War II]], [[Ralph Cooper Hutchison]] simultaneously served as president of the college and as Director of Civilian Defense for the [[Pennsylvania|Commonwealth of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=ralphcooper /> [[Boyd Crumrine Patterson]] was the most recent Washington & Jefferson alumnus to serve as president. In 2004, [[Tori Haring-Smith]] became the first woman to serve as president.

Washington & Jefferson College originates from three log cabin colleges established by John McMillan, Thaddeus Dod, and Joseph Smith, Presbyterian missionaries to the [[American frontier]] in the 1780s.<ref name=banners>Coleman 1956 pp. 4–7</ref> John McMillan came to present-day Washington County in 1775 and built his college in 1780 near his church in [[Chartiers Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania|Chartiers]], where he taught a mixture of college-level students and elementary students.<ref name=banners /> Thaddeus Dod built his college in [[Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania|Lower Ten Mile]] in 1781, teaching mathematics and the [[classics]].<ref name=wickersham>{{Cite book| last = Wickersham| first = James| title = A History of Education in Pennsylvania, Private and Public, Elementary and Higher| publisher = Inquirer Publishing Company| year = 1886| location = Lancaster, Pennsylvania| pages = 400–401| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=B6sAAAAAYAAJ}}</ref> Joseph Smith taught classical studies in his college, called "The Study" at [[Buffalo Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania|Buffalo]].<ref name=wickersham />

|Tutored by [[John McMillan (pastormissionary)|John McMillan]] and attended Canonsburg Academy

| [[Jonathan Edwards (collegeWashington & Jefferson presidentCollege)|Jonathan Edwards]]

|[[Ralph Cooper HutchinsonHutchison]]

*{{Cite book| last =Coleman | first =Helen Turnbull Waite| title = Banners in the Wilderness: The Early Years of Washington and Jefferson College| publisher = [[University of Pittsburgh Press]]| year= 1956| url = http://www.archive.org/details/bannersinthewild012852mbp| oclc = 2191890|pages=230–231}}