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N « A man of ambition and de- termination, Dr. E. Eugene Poston, during 15 years as president, led Gardner-Webb College through an unpre- cedented period of progress and development. A Shelby native, Dr. Poston graduated from Gardner-Webb Junior College and Wake Forest University, earning the bachelor of arts degree. He re- ceived three degrees at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: the master of divin- ity, the master of theology and the doctor of philosophy. As a Baptist pastor. Dr. Poston served pastorates in North Carolina, Kentucky and Georgia, before joining Gardner-Webb College in 1959 as chairman of the Department of Religion and professor of Greek, religion and sociology. He succeeded Dr. Philip El- liott as president in 1961 and announced the Decade of Ad- vance, 1961-1971. During this period Gardner-Webb became a four-year, fully-accredited, liberal arts qpllege and experi- enced related growth in en- rollment, faculty and facilities.
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Under Dr. ship: Poston ' s leader- Enrollment more than dou- bled, the faculty nearly tripled. Major capital improvement programs added: Spangler, Myers, Mauney and Lutz- Yelton dormitories for men and Nanney dormitory for women; the Charles I Dover Campus Center; Spangler Stadium; Hamrick Fieldhouse; Nanney baseball field; John R. Dover, Sr. Library; John R. Dover, Jr. Chapel; and Lindsay class- room building. The Craig and Church class- room buildings were reno- vated, and the Webb adminis- tration Building was expanded to twice its size. Land acquisitions doubled the size of the campus. A two-year nursing studies program was initiated, and the college began a data process- ing and computer science pro- gram. Dr. Poston also established the Board of Advisors, the Ministerial Board of Associates Wives Auxiliary, and the Par- ents Association. 15
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