Marion Military Institute - Orange and Black Yearbook (Marion, AL)

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i Colonel W. L. Murfee Colonel James T. Murfee, ll President Emeritus President BS., BA., MA., University of B.S., University of Virginia Virginia In the history of Marion Institute, the two names-Marion Institute and lvlurfee -are virtually one. Half a century ago, the founder of the school, Colonel James Thomas Murfee, relinquished his post as president to his son, Colonel H. O. Murfee. This scholarly gentleman served as president from l9OO to l9l5. ln the latter year Colonel H. O. Murfee retired because of physical disability. At this point, the Board of Trustees elected the founder's second son, Colonel W. L. Murfee, to the office of president. For twenty-nine years-until i944--Colonel W. L. Murfee remained in this post. At his own request, in I944, he was retired by the Board of Trustees. This Board immediately elected his son, Colonel James T. Murfee, ll, namesake and grandson of the founder, to the presidency of Marion Institute. Thus it is that the policies and spirit of Marion Institute have been fostered for three generations by men of the same family, Rarely, indeed, is an educational institution endowed with officers of such remarkable character, plan, and purpose as the presidents of Marion Institute.