John C. Young
American educator, pastor, academic administrator, and fourth president of Centre College
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- Bachelors Classics Centre College
- Masters Classics Centre College
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John Clarke Young was an American educator and pastor who was the fourth president of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. A graduate of Dickinson College and Princeton Theological Seminary, he entered the ministry in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1828. He accepted the presidency of Centre College in 1830, holding the position until his death in 1857, making him the longest-serving president in the college's history. He is regarded as one of the college's best presidents, as he increased the endowment of the college more than five-fold during his term and increased the graduating class size from two students in his first year to forty-seven in his final year.
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