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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.
  
 
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Revision as of 01:34, 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.

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