East Carolina University - Buccaneer Tecoan Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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Robert H. Wright 1 909 - President - 1 934 Dr. Robert H. Wright, a native North Carolinian, guided the developments of the school as its first president. President Wright was a progressive educator and was a man of high ideals and of unusual foresight and courage. Dr. Wright saw the institu- tion become an accredited college, offering both the bachelor ' s and the master ' s degree, and won for it a position of prestige both in and out of the state. . John D. Messick President East Carolina College— 1947- Dr. John D. Messick was appointed president in 1947. As a result of his ten years of capable leader- ship, the college has experienced a period of phenome- nal progress marked by expansion of physical facilities, growth in number of students and staff members, and development of new fields of service to education in the state. Our Leaders Past and Present. Leon R. Meadows 1934-1944 Dr. Leon R. Meadows, a former faculty member, was elected President of the college in 1934 upon the death of Dr. Wright. President Meadows served until 1944 during which time the marked growth of the college continued. H. J. McGinnis 1944-1945 J. McGinnis of the faculty was acting presi- r. Meadows. McGinnis served in 945 when the third president of McGinnis proved to ■eding this capacity the college was appo be a very devoted Dennis H. Cooke Dr. Dennis H. Cooke, now president of High Point College, was appointed president of East Carolina Teachers College in 1945 and served for one year. capable

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