William McMillan (college president)

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William McMillan
Born 1777
Lewistown, Pennsylvania
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New Athens, Ohio
Education Jefferson College
Church Presbyterian
Ordained June 26, 1806
Offices held
4th president of Jefferson College (1817-1822)
President of Franklin College

William McMillan was elected the fourth president of Jefferson College on September 24, 1817.

McMillan was educated at Jefferson College, the institution founded by his uncle, the Rev. John McMillan, graduating with the Jefferson class of 1802, the first class to graduate from the newly chartered college.[1] He was one of the founders of the Philo Literary Society at Jefferson College.[1][2]

He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Ohio on June 27, 1804 and was ordained June 26, 1806.[1]

McMillan resigned the presidency of Jefferson on August 14, 1822, after the Board of Trustees dropped charges the faculty had brought against several students for slandering his teaching and administrative abilities. He went on to be president of Franklin College, in Ohio. He died in New Athens, Ohio on April 11, 1832.[3]

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See also

Academic offices
Preceded by President of Jefferson College
1817–1822
Succeeded by
Matthew Brown
Preceded by
position created
President of Franklin College
1825–1832
Succeeded by
Joseph Smith


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