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Postcard with a picture of the university president's home, The Grove, from 1961

Postcard with a picture of the university president's home, The Grove, from 1955

Postcard with a picture of the university president's home, The Grove, from 1954

Photograph of the President's House at VAMC

Photograph of the Preston and Olin building, taken from Main Street, Blacksburg

Photograph of Barracks No. 1, the first dormitory on campus (now Lane Hall)

Photograph of the Preston and Olin building (the first building on the VAMC campus when the college opened in 1872)

Photograph of the first football team at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College

V.A.M.C. Football Team, 1892. The first "Tech" Football Team. Coached and Managed by Prof. E.A. Smyth, Jr. Back row (l to r): Minor, William Howe;…

Photograph of the laying of the cornerstone at the YMCA building

Photograph of the 1893 Football team

V.A.M.C. Football Team, 1893. Back: Friend, Charles Thomas; Robinson, John William; Martin, Tarpley Douglas; Bond, Frank Eugene; (l to r). Front:…

Photograph of the second academic building, Barracks No. 1 (now Lane Hall), and the first academic building on the VAMC campus

Picture of the first academic building on the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College campus, c.1878

Photograph of James D. McComas

Born Dec. 23, 1928, in Pritchard, West Virginia. Received bachelor’s degree at West Virginia University, 1951; master’s in 1960 and Ph. D. in…

Photograph of William E. Lavery

Born Nov. 20, 1930, in Geneseo, New York. Received associate degree, State University of New York-Morrisville, 1950; bachelor's degree from Michigan…

Photograph of Charles W. Steger

Born June 16, 1947, in Richmond, Va. Received a professional bachelor of architecture degree in 1970, master of architecture in 1971, and Ph.D. in…

Photograph of Paul E. Torgersen

Born Oct. 13, 1931, in Staten Island, N.Y. Received B.S. in industrial engineering from LeHigh University in 1953, M.S. in industrial engineering from…

Presidential biographies

This item includes pdfs of biographies of university presidents, captured from the original anniversary website. Most biographies were compiled from

Photograph of Walter S. Newman

Born July 20, 1895, in Woodstock Virginia, son of WaIter Hickman and Sallie Bird Stephenson Newman. Attended Shenandoah County schools. Received A.B.…

Photograph Charles L. C. Minor

Born Dec. 3, 1835, in Hanover County. Received M.A. from University of Virginia (UVa), 1858, and later received an L.L.D. After graduating from UVa,…

Photograph of John M. McBryde

Born Jan. 1, 1841, in Abbeville, South Carolina, of Scotch immigrant parents. Entered sophomore class at South Carolina College in 1858 at the age of…

Photograph of Lunsford L. Lomax

Born Nov. 4, 1835, in Newport, Rhode Island. Received B.S. from U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, in 1856. Was fellow officer with J. E. B.…

Photograph of Dr. Duncan Lyle Kinnear

Photograph of John R. Hutcheson

Born Jan. 13, 1886, near Charlotte Court House, Virginia. Received B.S. from VPI in 1909, honorary D.Sci. from Clemson in 1937, and honorary D.Agric.…

Photograph and inaugural address of T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.

Photograph of T. Marshall Hahn, Jr., with a pdf of his inaugural address given in 1963. The address was captured from the original 125th anniversary…

Photograph of Joseph D. Eggleston

Born Nov. 13, 1867, in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Attended Prince Edward Academy and Hampden-Sydney College, where he received the A.B. in 1886…

Photograph of Thomas N. Conrad

Born Aug. 1, 1837, at Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia. Received A.B.in 1857, A.M. in 1860, and M.Sc. in 1890, all from Dickinson College, Carlisle,…

Photograph of Julian A. Burruss

Born Aug. 16, 1876, in Richmond, son of Woodson Cheadle and Cora Emmett McDowell Burruss. Entered VAMC in fall 1894 and received B.S. in civil…

Photograph of John L. Buchanan

Born June 19, 1831, in Rich Valley, Smyth County, Virginia. Received an A.B. in 1856 and an M.A. in 1860, both from Emory and Henry College. Latin…

Photograph of Paul B. Barringer

Born Feb. 13, 1857, in Concord, North Carolina, son of Confederate Gen. Rufus Barringer and grandson of Gen. Paul B. Barringer, leader in War of 1812.…