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'''Burr Walter Torreyson''' was the second president of the [[University of Central Arkansas]], what was then called Arkansas State Normal School, serving from 1917 to 1930. | '''Burr Walter Torreyson''' was the second president of the [[University of Central Arkansas]], what was then called Arkansas State Normal School, serving from 1917 to 1930. | ||
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| + | Torreyson was a former Fort Smith High School principal. Torreyson had served on the school's board of trustees from 1908 to 1917 before becoming president. Over this period he also served as a state school inspector. | ||
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| + | Doyne was born on December 10, 1855, in Hillsboro, Virginia. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| + | *Jimmy Bryant, ''The Centennial History of the University of Central Arkansas'' (Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company, 2008), 30. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[[Category:UCA]] | [[Category:UCA]] | ||
Revision as of 00:34, 11 March 2009
Burr Walter Torreyson was the second president of the University of Central Arkansas, what was then called Arkansas State Normal School, serving from 1917 to 1930.
Torreyson was a former Fort Smith High School principal. Torreyson had served on the school's board of trustees from 1908 to 1917 before becoming president. Over this period he also served as a state school inspector.
Doyne was born on December 10, 1855, in Hillsboro, Virginia.
References
- Jimmy Bryant, The Centennial History of the University of Central Arkansas (Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company, 2008), 30.
