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1986-1987 SGA President, Carl Petty
No full textCarl Petty served as the SGA president in 1986-1987. He appears on page 1752 in Hornet Tribune, February 13, 1987
1967-1968 SGA President, Richard Pulliam
No full textRichard Pulliam served as the SGA president in 1967-1968. He appears on page 264 in ASU Yearbook 1968
2009-2010 SGA President, Stanley Giles
No full textStanley Giles served as the SGA president in 2009-2010. He appears on page 108 in ASU Yearbook 2010
2015-2016 SGA President, Jeremy Crum
No full textJeremy Crum served as the SGA president in 2015-2016. He appears on page 1 in Hornet Tribune, 2015
1878-1915 President, William Burns Paterson
No full textA black and white photograph of William Burns Paterson.
Born in Tullibody, Scotland on February 9th, 1850, William Burns Paterson was part of a large family of farm laborers and brewery workers. He came to America at the age of 17 and worked on the railroad, and later started teaching freedmen outside of Greensboro. From 1871 to 1878, he conducted Tullibody Academy for Negroes at Greensboro. On July 26, 1878, William Burns Paterson left Tullibody Academy to accept the Presidency of the State Normal School and University for Colored Students and Teachers in Marion, Alabama. He died on March 14, 1915. Paterson's birthday has been celebrated every year since 1901 as Alabama State University Founder's Day
1920-1925 President, George Washington Trenholm
No full textGeorge Washington Trenholm(1871-1925) was born in Pineville, AL to Dan Trenholm and Mariah Doakes Walker, former slaves. He married Ellen Brown in 1899 and had one son, Harper Councill Trenholm in 1900. His education began in the rural schools of Shelby County, Alabama. He studied for two years at Marion Institute. In 1894, he earned a diploma from the American Correspondence Normal of Dansville, NY. Two years later he graduated from Alabama A & M as valedictorian. While the principal at Escambia Colored Public High School, 1899-1916, he furthered his education by attending the Fenton Normal and Commercial College and was awarded a Bachelor’s of Philosophy in 1899. Starting in 1906, he spent six summers at the University of Chicago. Ten years later he left Tuscumbia County to become the state of Alabama’s Supervisor of Negro Teachers. Four years later he became the President of State Normal School.
George Washington Trenholm was appointed president of State Normal School after serving a year as acting president. He served as president until his death in 1925. During his administration, the LabSchool was organized on a 6-3-3 plan (six years in the elementary grades, three years junior high school, and three years senior high school), created a junior college department, began an annual four quarter system and the Departments of Commerce and Home Economics were added