Name John Messick | Succeeded by Leo Warren Jenkins | |
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Born November 9, 1897
near Aurora, North Carolina ( 1897-11-09 ) Died October 3, 1993, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States | ||
Preceded by Dennis Hargrove Cooke | ||
John Decatur Messick (November 9, 1897 – October 3, 1993) was the fifth president of what is now East Carolina University. He was born on November 9, 1897, near Aurora, North Carolina. He graduated from Elon College in 1922. He then went to summer school to complete graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1934, he earned a Ph.D. degree from New York University.
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