Presidents
Twenty four presidents have served Christian University/Culver-Stockton College through the years. The first was James Shannon. Shannon served as president of State College of Louisiana, Bacon College in Kentucky, and the University of Missouri before coming to Christian University in August 1856. He served as president until 1859 when he died several months after suffering a stroke.
Presidents and their years of service include:
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Benjamin Harrison Smith |
1865-1875 |
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Winthrop Hartley Hopson |
1875-1877 |
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Reuben Lindsay Cave |
1877-1881 |
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John Clopton Reynolds |
1881-1883 |
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Oval Pirkey |
1883-1886 |
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John Huffman Hardin |
1886-1888 |
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Thomas Franklin Campbell |
1888-1889 |
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Simpson Ely |
1889-1893 |
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Perry O. Powell |
1893-1894 |
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Benjamin H. Smith(2nd term) |
1894-1895 |
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Clinton Lockhart |
1895-1900 |
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David Roberts Dungan |
1900-1902 |
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Carl Johann |
1902-1914 |
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Earl Marion Todd |
1914-1917 |
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John Hepler Wood |
1917-1937 |
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Walker Harrison McDonald |
1937-1950 |
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Leslie Edward Ziegler |
1950-1956 |
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Fred Helsabeck |
1956-1973 |
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Harold Charles Doster |
1973-1977 |
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Robert Windsor Brown |
1978-1989 |
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Walter Swanson Reuling |
1989-1992 |
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Edwin Batton Strong |
1992-2003 |
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William L. Fox |
2003-2009 |
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