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? (10)
 * ... that minister and Centre College president Gideon Blackburn founded two schools for Cherokee boys in southeast Tennessee? (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, featured,  promoted: ... 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 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? (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? (15)
 * Listed, featured: ... that R. Ames Montgomery resigned as president of Centre College after students petitioned to remove him for de-emphasizing football?
 * Listed, 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. (17)
 * ... that Michael F. Adams served as chief of staff to Howard Baker for three years while he was Senate Minority Leader? (19)
 * Listed, featured: ... that Centre College hosted two vice-presidential debates during John A. Roush presidency?
 * Listed, featured: ... that Milton C. Moreland wrote his honors thesis about the Nag Hammadi library?



Jeremiah Chamberlain
President of what is now Centenary College of Louisiana, later the founding president of now-defunct Oakland College, Mississippi.

William C. Roberts
President of Chicago's Lake Forest College.

Charles Turck
19-year term as president of Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) after Centre.

Reward listing
Needed Centre College gravesite pictures
 * Offeror: PCN02WPS  ( talk  &#124;  contribs )
 * Date offered: 15:12, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Request: Take a good photograph of a gravesite of one of the presidents of Centre College for which such a picture is not already available on Commons/WP. For your convenience, the needed pictures are:

Jeremiah Chamberlain – Oakland Cemetery, Alcorn, Mississippi

Gideon Blackburn – Carlinville City Cemetery, Carlinville, Illinois

William L. Breckinridge – Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky

William C. Roberts – Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, New Jersey

Frederick W. Hinitt – Oakland Cemetery, White Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

William Arthur Ganfield – Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Wisconsin

R. Ames Montgomery – Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio

Robert L. McLeod – Oak Grove Cemetery, Maxton, North Carolina

Robert J. McMullen – Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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