User:PCN02WPS/sandbox/CentreDYK
Potential DYK hooks for each president of Centre College:
Listed, 
featured: ... that James McChord was elected to the presidency of Centre College by its board of trustees, but died before he could take office?- ... that college president Jeremiah Chamberlain was murdered by a planter for speaking out against slavery? created 2014 (10)
- ... that minister and Centre College president Gideon Blackburn founded two schools for Cherokee boys in southeast Tennessee? created 2005 (19)
- Listed, featured,
promoted: ... that John C. Young served as president of Centre College for nearly 27 years, longer than any other president in the school's history? - Listed, nominated: ... that Lewis W. Green was one of two members of the first graduating class of Centre College and was later president of the school?
- Listed, featured: ... that one abolitionist said that William L. Breckinridge's anti-slavery views would "disqualify [him] from political usefulness"?
- Listed, featured, promoted: ... that Ormond Beatty was the first Centre College president who was not a minister?
- Listed, featured: ... that Centre College president William C. Young awarded degrees to three of his half-sisters in 1891, as they had completed the requirements forty years earlier?
- ... that Centre College president William C. Roberts was born in Aberystwyth, Wales, and was orphaned as a child?
- ... that Centre College built a new library in 1913 with funds from Andrew Carnegie, as the result of an initiative by president Frederick W. Hinitt? created 2009 (15)
- ... that William Arthur Ganfield was a supporter of the Centre College athletics department during his time as president, and was in office for the C6H0 game? created 2009 (15)
Nominated, featured: ... that R. Ames Montgomery resigned as president of Centre College after students petitioned to remove him for de-emphasizing football?- Nominated, featured: ... that Charles J. Turck was accused of being a communist spy during his time as president of Macalester College?
- Nominated, featured: ... that Robert L. McLeod and Robert J. McMullen served as co-presidents of Centre College from September 1944 to November 1945?
- Listed, featured: ... that Walter A. Groves received a job offer from Centre College by telegram around the same time that he was forced to leave his work as a missionary in Iran due to the country's invasion?
- Listed, featured, promoted: ... that president Thomas A. Spragens suspended all classes at Centre College several days after the Kent State shootings, and organized teaching sessions for students on the college lawn?
- ... Richard L. Morrill hook TBD. created 2007 (17)
- ... that Michael F. Adams served as chief of staff to Howard Baker for three years while he was Senate Minority Leader? created 2005 (19)
- Listed, featured: ... that Centre College hosted two vice-presidential debates during John A. Roush's presidency?
- Listed, featured: ... that Milton C. Moreland wrote his honors thesis about the Nag Hammadi library?
22 articles
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Jeremiah Chamberlain[edit]
President of what is now Centenary College of Louisiana, later the founding president of now-defunct Oakland College, Mississippi.
- Bryson, Helen Ruth (1941). A History of Centenary College. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University. OCLC 1326008802.
- Bruss, Melvin Kellogg (1965). History of Oakland College (Mississippi), 1830–1871. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University. OCLC 1325915210.
William L. Breckinridge (to improve)[edit]
- Bruss, Melvin Kellogg (1965). History of Oakland College (Mississippi), 1830–1871. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University. OCLC 1325915210.
William C. Roberts[edit]
President of Chicago's Lake Forest College.
- Stockwell, La Tourette (1938). A History of Lake Forest College. Lake Forest, Illinois: Lake Forest College.
- Schulze, Franz; Cowler, Rosemary; Miller, Arthur H. (2000). 30 Miles North: A History of Lake Forest College, Its Town, and Its City of Chicago. Lake Forest, Illinois: Lake Forest College. ISBN 978-0-9638-1896-6.
Charles Turck[edit]
19-year term as president of Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) after Centre.
- Funk, Henry Daniel (October 27, 2022). A History of Macalester College: Its Origin, Struggle, and Growth. Creative Media Partners, LLC. ISBN 978-1-0178-6750-3.
Kilde, Jeanne Halgren (2010). Nature and Revelation: A History of Macalester College. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-1-4529-1515-9.
