Edwin Alderman
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Edwin Anderson Alderman (born May 15, 1861 in Wilmington, North Carolina; died April 30, 1931 in Charlottesville, Virginia) served as the President of three universities. Edwin A. Alderman Elementary School is named after him.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was serving as a Professor, made him President of the university in 1896. He moved on to take the same position at Tulane University in 1900, before moving again to the University of Virginia in 1904. There he stayed for 27 years, until his death in 1931.
He spent two-thirds of his long term at the University of Virginia physically disabled after a bad bout with tuberculosis.[1]
[edit] Academic Career
- 1896-1900 – President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
- 1900-1904 – President of Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana)
- 1904-1931 – President of the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia)
[edit] References
- ^ Hail to the Chiefs http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/2005/08/chiefs.html. URL retrieved June 23, 2006.
| Preceded by: George Tayloe Winston |
President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1896–1900 |
Succeeded by: Francis Preston Venable |
| Preceded by: William Oscar Rogers (acting) |
President of Tulane University 1900–1904 |
Succeeded by: Edwin Boone Craighead |
| Preceded by: Board of Visitors |
President of the University of Virginia 1904–1931 |
Succeeded by: John Lloyd Newcomb |
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