Jonathan Clark Rogers was President of the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...

 (UGA) in Athens

Athens, Georgia

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 from 1949 until 1950.

Born in 1885 in Richmond

Richmond, Indiana

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, Indiana

Indiana

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, Rogers earned his B.S. at Piedmont College

Piedmont College

Piedmont College is a private liberal arts institution founded in 1897 to serve residents of the Appalachian area of northeast Georgia, USA. When the college was first founded, it was established as the J.S. Green Collegiate Institute named after a local banker. In 1899, the name was shortened to...

 in 1906 and his civil engineering

Civil engineering

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 degree (B.S.C.E) from Earlham College

Earlham College

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 the following year. He also earned an M.A.

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 from Columbia University

Columbia University

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 in 1927.

Rogers taught at Oakwood Seminary in Union Springs, New York

Union Springs, New York

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 until 1911 when he joined Piedmont College . There he taught and served as Dean until 1934 when he became President of North Georgia College in Dahlonega

Dahlonega, Georgia

Dahlonega is a city in Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 5,242....

. Under his stewardship, enrollment at North Georgia rose

History of North Georgia College and State University

North Georgia College and State University began as a branch of the Georgia College of Agriculture and Mechanical at the University of Georgia in 1873.-Early history :...

 from 160 to 702, and a school on the brink of closure was saved. In January 1949 he was selected as the President of UGA.

Rogers' tenure at UGA was very brief due to a power struggle with some members of the Georgia Board of Regents

Georgia Board of Regents

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 over whether the College of Agriculture should remain a part of the University or become its own institution. UGA kept the school; however, the clash cost Rogers his job. After leaving the University in 1950, Rogers directed Tallulah Falls School (1951–1953) and worked at Reinhardt College

Reinhardt College

Reinhardt University is a comprehensive university grounded in the liberal arts located in Waleska, Georgia, United States, with an off-campus center in Alpharetta, Georgia. Select programs are also offered in Cartersville, Marietta, and Epworth, Ga., and...

 as a math professor and counselor from 1957 to 1962.

On October 24, 1967, Rogers died in Gainesville, Georgia

Gainesville, Georgia

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 and was buried in Demorest, Georgia

Demorest, Georgia

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