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Drury Lacy Jr.

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Drury Lacy Jr.
3rd President of Davidson College
In office
1855–1860
Preceded bySamuel Williamson (academic)
Succeeded byJohn Lycan Kirkpatrick
Personal details
BornAugust 5, 1802
Ararat, Virginia
DiedAugust 1, 1884
Raleigh, North Carolina
EducationWashington College
Hampden-Sydney College
Union Theological Seminary
ProfessionPastor

Drury Lacy Jr. was the third president of Davidson College. A native of Virginia, he was a Presbyterian pastor at a church in New Bern, North Carolina and then in Raleigh, North Carolina before becoming president.[1]

As president, Davidson received a large financial commitment from a Maxwell Chambers, making Davidson the wealthiest private college in the entire South.[1] Lacy left Davidson in 1860 and eventually became a chaplain in the Confederate States Army. After the war, he returned to the ministry until his death.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lacy, Drury, Jr. | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  2. ^ "Lacy, Drury – Davidson College Archives & Special Collections". libraries.davidson.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
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Academic offices
Preceded by President of Davidson College
1855–1860
Succeeded by