Preceded by Edward Spain Avis Profession educator Succeeded by Marion DuBois Name Gustavus Glenn | Spouse(s) Rosa Ellen Verstille Died January 23, 1939 Alma mater University of Georgia Education University of Georgia | |
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Gustavus Richard Glenn (December 5, 1848 – January 23, 1939) was the sixth President of the University of North Georgia.
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Early life
Gustavus R. Glenn was born in Jefferson County, Georgia on December 5, 1948 to James Russell and Anne Williams Glenn. His maternal grandmother was a first cousin to President Zachary Taylor.
Service in education
The first professional position held by Glenn on a collegiate level was as the president of Columbus Female College, which he began in 1875. He remained at this position until a fire destroyed much of the college's campus in 1884. In the same year Glenn became a professor physics at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. He served at Wesleyan College until 1893, at which point he became the State School Commissioner.
In the summer of 1904 Glen was elected as the president of North Georgia Agricultural College.