List of Louisiana College presidents
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Louisiana College
was established in 1906 by the Louisiana Baptist Convention
in Pineville
, Louisiana
The presidents include:
Louisiana College
Louisiana College is a private institution of higher education located in Pineville, Louisiana, affiliated with the Louisiana Baptist Convention, serving a student body of approximately 1,300 students. The college operates on a semester system, with two shorter summer terms...
was established in 1906 by the Louisiana Baptist Convention
Louisiana Baptist Convention
The Louisiana Baptist Convention is an association of Baptist churches in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, the Convention is composed of approximately 1,595 member congregations representing 869,490 members ....
in Pineville
Pineville, Louisiana
Pineville is a city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is adjacent to the city of Alexandria, and is part of that city's Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 13,829 at the 2000 census....
, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
The presidents include:
- 1906-1909 - Edwin O. Ware, Sr.Edwin O. Ware, Sr.Edwin Oswald Ware, Sr. , was a Baptist clergyman and educator who is considered to have been the principal founder of Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana in Rapides Parish. He was both the college's financial agent, 1906–1907, and its first president, 1908-1909. Louisiana College marked its...
, founding president, grandfather of former Rapides ParishRapides Parish, Louisiana-Military Installations:*Camp Beauregard *Esler Airfield *England Air Force Base *Camp Claiborne *Camp Livingston -Demographics:...
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Edwin O. Ware, III
- 1909-1910 - W. C. Friley
- 1910-1941 - Claybrook C. CottinghamClaybrook CottinghamClaybrook C. Cottingham was an educator who served as president of both Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville and the public institution, Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana....
, resigned to accept presidency of Louisiana Tech UniversityLouisiana Tech UniversityLouisiana Tech University, often referred to as Louisiana Tech, LA Tech, or Tech, is a coeducational public research university located in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is designated as a Tier 1 school in the national universities category by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report college rankings...
in RustonRuston, LouisianaRuston is a city in and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,546 at the 2000 census. Ruston is near the eastern border of the Ark-La-Tex and is the home of Louisiana Tech University. Its economy caters to its college population...
- 1941 interim - Hal Monroe Weathersby, the LC dean, served as acting president for several months.
- 1941-1951 - Edgar Godbold
- 1951-1975 - G. Earl Guinn
- 1975-1997 - Robert L. Lynn
- 1997-2005 - Rory Lee
- 2005–present - Joe M. Aguillard