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Medical Hall, which burned down in 1863. The new institution used Transylvania's campus in Lexington while perpetuating the Kentucky University name. [9] The university was reorganized into several new colleges, including the Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M) of Kentucky, publicly chartered as a department of Kentucky University as a land-grant institution under the Morrill Act. [11]
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Thomas James Churchill, 13th Governor of Arkansas, [3] studied law at Transylvania University at some time between 1844 and 1846. Henry Connelly, Territorial Governor of New Mexico, graduated with a medical degree in 1828; Henry D. Cooke, 1st Governor of the District of Columbia (1871–1873), graduated 1844
The President of Transylvania University is the headmaster of the oldest university in Kentucky, founded in 1780, making it the 16th oldest university in the United States. The President is appointed by the board of trustees.
Williams was selected to replace Charles Shearer, the longest-serving president in Transylvania University history, in April 2010 [3] and assumed the office four months later. [4] One of his major goals was to expand enrollment and the campus itself, leading to the dedication of a major new Athletics Complex in the spring of 2014.
Lewis Warner Green [1] was born on January 28, 1806, in Danville, Kentucky, [2] the twelfth and youngest child of Willis Green and Sarah Reed. [3] Lewis was orphaned as a young boy—his father died when he was five years old and his mother died two years later [4] —and afterwards he lived with his oldest brother. [5]
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In 1889, the nearby Kentucky University, which later changed names to Transylvania University, bought a stake in Hamilton, taking total control in 1903. The school became a junior college for women, the state's first, still with its own president and faculty, though affiliated with Transylvania. [ 1 ]