Dan Angel, President Golden State University – for providing biographical information
Justin Banks, College Archivist, Austin College – for information concerning on Alfred E. Thom.
Kathleen Bledsoe, Special Collections Librarian, Marshall University – for assistance in locating genealogical information on certain of the principals and presidents, as well as providing editorial comments on the final draft.
Jerri Clagg, Regents B.A. Office, Marshall University – for proving biographical data
Jack Dickinson, Bibliographer, Rosanna Blake Library of the History of the Confederacy, Marshall University – for assistance in locating genealogical information on certain of the principals and presidents, as well as providing editorial comments on the final draft.
Andy Earles, Special Collections Media Technician, Marshall University – for providing editorial comments on the final draft
Allan Gould, Director Drinko Academy, Marshall University – for providing biographical information
Susan Tams, Director of Editorial Services, Marshall University – for proof reading and editorial comments on the final draft
Dale Nitzschke, former Marshall University President – for providing biographical information.
I wish to acknowledge the help of the above person for their assistance in helping this project to come to fruition. ——Lisle G Brown, Curator of Special Collections, Marshall University.
Principals
- Isaac N. Peck, 1837-1839
- Jacob H. Patton, 1839- 1840
- Alfred E. Thom, 1840-1843
- Josiah B. Poage, 1843-1850
- Henry Clark and Joseph Foster, 1850
- William B. McFarland, 1850-1853
- Staunton V. Field, 1853-1854
- William R. Boyers, 1854-1858
- Benjamin H. Thackston, 1858-1861
- Rev. J. M. Brown, 1861
- Daniel W. Thrush, 1861
- Salina C. Hite Mason, 1863-1867
Presidents
- Stewart Harold Smith, 1961-1968
- Roland Hill Nelson, Jr., 1968-1970
- Donald Newton Dedmon, 1970-1971
- John Grove Barker, 1971-1974
- Robert Bruce Hayes, 1974-1983
- Sam Edward Clagg, 1984
- Dale Frederick Nitzschke, 1984-1990
- Alan Brant Gould, 1990-1991
- James Wade Gilley, 1991-1999
- Audy Michael Perry, 1999-2000
- Daniel Duane Angel, 2000-2005
- Michael Joseph Ferrell, 2005
- Stephen James Kopp, 2005 – 2014
- Gary G. White, 2014 – Jan 2016
- Jerome A “Jerry” Gilbert, 2016 – present
Bibliography With Source Notes
Created by Lisle Brown, former Curator Special Collections