John Miller Dickey

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John Miller Dickey
Lincoln University
Term	1854 – 1856
Successor	John Pym Carter
Born	(1806-12-15)December 15, 1806 Oxford, Pennsylvania
Died	March 2, 1878(1878-03-02)
Alma mater	Dickinson College
Spouse	Sarah Emlen Cresson

Rev. John Miller Dickey, (December 15, 1806 — March 2, 1878) a Presbyterian minister, and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, a Quaker, founded Ashmun Institute in 1854, later named Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. They named it after Jehudi Ashmun, a religious leader and social reformer. They founded the school for the education of African Americans, who had few opportunities.

Dr. John Miller Dickey was the first president of the college (1854–1856). He encouraged some of his first students: James Ralston Amos (1826–1864), his brother Thomas Henry Amos (1825–1869), and Armistead Hutchinson Miller (1829/30-1865), to support the establishment of Liberia as a colony for African Americans. Each of the men became ordained ministers.

John Miller Dickey was born in Oxford, Pennsylvania and educated from Dickinson College (Carlisle College)- class of 1824.

Honor

The building 'JOHN MILLER DICKEY HALL' in Lincoln was completed in 1991 with funds allocated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - is a 60,000 square feet (5,600 m²), three-story structure, designed by Friday Architects/Planners of Philadelphia. Dickey Hall houses several departments.

References

Presidents of Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)

John Miller Dickey (1854–1856)
John Pym Carter (1856–1861)
John Wynne Martin (1861–1865)
Isaac Norton Rendall (1865–1906)
John Ballard Rendall (1906–1924)
Walter Livingston Wright # (1924–1926)
William Hallock Johnson (1926–1936)
Walter Livingston Wright (1936–1945)
Horace Mann Bond (1945–1957)
Armstead Otey Grubb # (1957–1960)
Donald Charles Yelton # (1960–1961)
Marvin Wachman (1961–1969)
Bernard Warren Harleston # (1970–1970)
Herman Russell Branson (1970–1985)
Donald Leopold Mullett # (1985–1987)
Niara Sudarkasa (1987–1998)
James Donaldson # (1998–1999)
Ivory V. Nelson (1999– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim acting president.

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Name	Dickey, John Miller
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Date of birth	1806-12-15
Place of birth	Oxford, Pennsylvania
Date of death	1878-03-02
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