Alabama State University Montgomery - Hornet Yearbook (Montgomery, AL)

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In 1873, Professor George N. Card was designated administrative head of Lincoln Normal School. He was named President in I874 after a legislative act was passed auF thorizing the state to take over the financ- ing and operation under sponsorship of the American Missionary Association. In 1878, William Burns Paterson was named president. During Paterson's ad- ministration. the first class of six was graduated from the Normal Department. They were latcr employed in the schools of Alabama. On October 3, 1887, the school was relocated and opened in Montgomery at Beulah Baptist Church with a faculty of nine. President Paterson is revered as sifounder of Alabama State University for his 37 years of Ieadarship in keeping the school alive through repeated and almost insurmountable odds. Alabama State Universityis second president, John William Beverly, was the first black teacher at the State Normal School. He became president upon the death of Paterson and served four years. During Beverlyis administration, the Uni- versity was organized as a four-year teach- cr-training institute.

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