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was signally beneficial to the institution. It was closed by his death, October 17, 1900. Professor Henry St. George Tucker, J L ' u .l h j ' • ■ f Jean of the sel I of law. acted as presi- dent during the unexpired last year of President Wilson ' s term. In September, 1901, Dr. George II. Denny, who for two years had held the chair of Latin in the university, was elected president. He was inaugurated in June, 1902, and terminated his connection with Washington and Lee, December 31, 1911, thus closing ten years of vigorous ad- ministration, during which the in- stitution made rapid and marked progress in various lines. During the vacancy of six months following the withdrawal of President Denny, the duties of the presidency were confided by the trustees jointly to the dean. Dr. II. I). Campbell, and the treasurer. Mr. J. L. Campbell. In January, 1912, Dr. Henry Louis Smith was called from the presidency of Davidson ( ington and Lee University. Jlege to that of Wash- He assumed his new 1912, and was formally exceptional ifficient official functions July 1. inaugurated May 7. 1913. Mr. J. L. Campbell died April 22, 1913, alter thirty-six years of service. The D o r e m u s Bequest of between two and three million dollars leaves the financial fu- ture of till ' university se- cure, and with 1 lie tradi- tions of the past carried along with the growth of the school, a wonderful increase in influence and service may be predicted. 17
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T eidHa.11 W L General Lee was formally installed as president of Washington College Octo- ber 2, 1865, and he retained this position until his death, October 12, 1870. During his administration of five years the growth of the college in numbers and influence was phenomenal. In the rear of the college chapel, which he built, is a mausoleum, in Vvhich his remains are interred. Over them is a recumbent statue of him in Italian marble, by the Virginia sculptor, E. V. Valentine. In 1849 a law school was founded in Lexington, and subsequently brought to a high state of efficiency, by Judge John W. Brockenbrough. Under the per- suasive influence of Gen- eral Lee the Lexington Law School became, in 1866, the School of Law and Eq- uity of .Washington Col- lege, with Judge Brocken- brough as professor in charge. This organic con- nection has continued to the present day. In 1871, soon after the death of General Lee, the name of Washington College was changed to its present corporate title. The Washington and Lee University. In the same year General G. W. Custis Lee succeeded his father as president. During his twenty-six years of service the scope of the institution was much enlarged, and its endowment grew, partly through his own generous giving. He resigned Decem- ber 29, 1896, was made president emeritus, and died February 18. 1913. The successor of General Custis Lee was William Lyne Wilson, who had achieved distinction during the previous fifteen years, as a member of Congress, and in the cabinet of President Cleveland. President Wilson ' s brief administraticn 16
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