Historical Records

Chairmen of the Board of Trustees

T. R. Welch 1872-1883

A. R. Kennedy 1883-1890

J. W. Butler 1890-1893

H. G. Bunn 1893-1899

Charles F. Penzel 1899-1901

James P. Coffin 1901-1926

Thomas C. McRae 1926-1929

Stuart R. Oglesby, Jr. 1929

Van M. Howell 1930-1933

H. L. Paisley 1934-1938

David Shepperson, Sr. 1939-1940

J. Herndon McCain 1941-1944

S. M. Bone 1944-1956

John P. Morrow, Sr. 1956-1966

Shuford R. Nichols 1966-1976

Frank Lyon, Sr. 1976-1987

Robert A. Young, III 1987-1995

Graham Holloway 1995-1998

Robert A. Young, III 1998-

Presidents of Lyon College

Isaac J. Long 1872-1891

Eugene R. Long 1891-1895

John I. Clelland 1895-1897

Eugene R. Long 1897-1913

J.P. Robertson 1913-1915

W. S. Lacy 1916-1923

E. B. Tucker 1923-1931

Ury McKenzie 1931-1932

W. S. Lacy 1932-1937

John Crockett 1937-1939

John D. Spragins 1942-1952

Paul M. McCain 1952-1969

R. W. Wygle 1969-1972

Dan C. West 1972-1988

John V. Griffith 1989-1997

Walter B. Roettger 1998-

Deans of Lyon College

Evander D. Brown 1917-18

Eugene R. Long 1918-19

R. K. Timmons 1919-25

Lincoln Barker 1925-29

Samuel Watkins Williams 1929-32

Thomas M. Lowry, Jr. 1932-36

Samuel Watkins Williams 1936-45

Harry King 1945-54

Lorne K. McAdams 1954-57

Harry King 1957-58

Roland B. Dickison 1958-62

Roberta Dorr Brown 1962-64

Glen Haddock 1964-66

Roberta Dorr Brown 1966-73

Edward N. Mosley 1973-75

Robert E. Knott 1975-77

Roberta Dorr Brown 1977-78

John T. Dahlquist 1978-92

Robert K. Holyer 1992-97

J.William Moncrief 1997-