Clark Atlanta University - Panther Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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THE BEGINN IN G 100 Years of Progress and Service Clark University was founded in 1869 by the Freedments Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 4 now knowu as the Board of Education for Negroes. The first Incotion was 01' Whitehall and McDaniel Streets. During the first few years, Bishop Gilbert Haven secured a tract of land of between 40R and .500 acres on the south side of the city to which the University was moved in 1372. A large portion of the funds for the founding of the University was contributed by Mrs. Augusta Clark Cole, the daughter of Bishop D. W. Clark, who died in 1872. It was, therefore, decided to name the new institution Ciork University. t .

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President: to Serve Clark College : Uriah Cleory 1870171 I. Marcy 1871172 J. W. Lee 1872.174 J. J. Lansing 1874176 J. B, Mcrfin 1876177 R. E. Bisbee 1877181 R. E. Thayer 1881190 William Hickman 1890196 David Clarke John 1896197 Charles M. Maiden 189711903 William M. Crogmon 1903110 5. E. Idlemon 1910112 Wil1ic1rn W. Foster 1912115 Hurry Andrews King 1915123 John W. Simmons 1923124 M011ha 3. Duvage 1924141 James P. Brawley 1941165 Vivian W. Henderson 19651present james P. Bmeey, President Emeritus Serving Clark as President for 24 years. -33. at l