William Lowndes Pickard 1914-1918
- Clergyman, educator, author (1861-1935); A.B., A.M., D.D., LL.D. degrees; married to Florence Martha Willingham (1886)
- Called to the presidency during a most trying period of world war and an unsteady market
- Broadened the curriculum, enlarged student enrollment from 357 to approximately 1,000, and increased the endowment
- Worked toward strengthening the law course, making it a three-year program
- Improved the offerings of summer school and recommended co-education
- Benefited from the acquisition of the fifty-acre Dempsey tract, which provided room for future expansion and settled the agitation for moving the university from Macon
- Expanded communication with the university alumni association, requesting an annual report to the trustees
- Provided leadership as president of the Georgia Baptist Convention's board of education, encouraging the active participation of churches and associations in Baptist education in the state
- Persevered despite a fire in the Administration building and the damage caused by water and the collapse of the steeple
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