For the General Counsel of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, see Charles A. Blanchard (lawyer)

Charles A. Blanchard (lawyer)

Charles A. Blanchard is a United States lawyer who served as General Counsel of the Army from 1999 to 2001, and who has served as General Counsel of the Air Force from 2009 to present.-Biography:...

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Charles A. Blanchard (1848–1925) was the second president of Wheaton College

Wheaton College (Illinois)

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 in Wheaton, Illinois. He succeeded his father, Jonathan Blanchard

Jonathan Blanchard (Wheaton)

Jonathan Blanchard was a pastor, educator, social reformer, abolitionist and the first president of Wheaton College, which was founded in 1860.-At Wheaton College:...

, to the office in 1882 and served Wheaton in that capacity until his death, in 1925.

Named after the Duke

Duke

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 of Sardinia

Sardinia

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, Charles Albert Blanchard was ten years old when his father left the Galesburg, Illinois

Galesburg, Illinois

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 area to assume the presidency of the Illinois Institute, which was soon to become Wheaton College. During his youth, Charles saw closehand the efforts of his father and his tenure as president. This gave the younger Blanchard a solid foundation upon which to build his 43-year administration

Academic administration

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Frank Earl Herrick of the 1899 graduating class composed a poem in Blanchard's honor.

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