Washington and Lee University History - VA Genealogy

Description

Catalog of the
Officers and Alumni of
Washington
and
Lee
University
Lexington
,
Virginia
, 1749 to 1888
Published By John Murphy & Co., 1888; 185 pages
25 page index cites 3,000+ individuals
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The classical school from which Washington and Lee descended was established in 1749 as
Augusta
Academy
, about 20 miles north
of its present location. In 1776 it was renamed Liberty Hall in a burst of revolutionary fervor. The academy moved to
Lexington
in 1780,
when it was chartered as
Liberty
Hall
Academy
, and built its first facility near town in 1782.
In 1796, George Washington endowed it with the largest gift ever given to a college (at the time): ,000 in stock, rescuing it from
near-certain insolvency. In gratitude, the trustees changed the school's name to
Washington
Academy
; it was subsequently chartered
as
Washington
College
.
After the American Civil War, General Robert E. Lee turned down several financially tantalizing offers of employment that would merely
have traded on his name, and instead accepted the post of college president for three reasons. First, he had been superintendent of
West Point
, so higher education was in his background. Second, and more important, he believed that it was a position in which he
could actually make a contribution to the reconciliation of the nation. Third, the
Washington
family were his in-laws: his wife was the
great-granddaughter of Martha Washington. Lee had long looked on George Washington as a hero and role model, so it is hardly surprising
that he welcomed the challenge of leading a college endowed by and named after the first president.
Robert E. Lee was its president after the Civil War until his death in 1870, after which the school was renamed
Washington
and
Lee
University
.
Washington and Lee's motto is Non incautus futuri, meaning "Not unmindful of the future." It is an adaptation of the Lee family motto.
Contents
Preface 3
Historical Sketch 7
Invested Funds 29
Unproductive Endowment 32
Comparative Statement, 1865-88 33
Augusta
Academy
And Liberty Hall 34
Washington
College
And
Washington
And
Lee
University
..., 36
Corporation 36
Faculty 40
Register Of Alumni 47
Law
School
203
Alumni Of
Law
School
203
Roll Of Honorary Degrees Conferred 212
Alumni Association 215
Local Alumni Associations 215
Index Of Names 220
HISTORICAL SKETCH
“
From 1834 to the present time the list of names given is believed to
be complete, the matriculation books of the College and University for
that period having been preserved. For the time previous to 1834 the
records and register of students are defective. Parts have been muti-
lated, some books have been lost, and at times the records were imper-
fectly kept. The names of the alumni antecedent to 1834 have been
obtained from the fragmentary record books ; from the recollection of
surviving alumni ; from contemporaneous history and biography, and
from family records and well established tradition. Catalogues of the
Alumni were published in 1849 and 1869 which have of course fur-
nished much valuable information.
”
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