Emory & Henry College is located in Emory, VA east of Abingdon in Wash. Co. JEB Stuart is a well known graduate. -sysop ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:05:29 -0500 To: "Edgar A. Howard" <ehoward@conknet.com> From: "Claudine B.Daniel" <cdaniel@ehc.edu> Subject: Re: History of E & H Emory & Henry College was founded in 1836 by the Holston Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the people of the upper Tennessee Valley. It began as a manual labor college, hence its rural setting. Its name is derived from Bishop John Emory, an eminent churchman of the era, and Patrick Henry. The names were chosen to represent the guiding principles upon which the college was founded: Christian leadership and distinctive statesmanship. The first school session began in April, 1938 with sixty students and the Reverend Charles Collins as college president. The college has continued in operation (no longer a manual labor institution) since that time with the exception of a brief time during the Civil War when classes were temporarily suspended, although the faculty remained on duty. The administration building was used as a Confederate hospital. Women were admitted in 1899 and in 1918 Emory & Henry merged with Martha Washington College, a Methodist-affiliated, all-female school in Abingdon. During World War II the college contracted to host a Navy V-12 program on campus. Today Emory & Henry is a 4-year college with liberal arts emphasis with 850-950 students. Distinguished alumni include: John Good, 1850, Virginia General Assembly, Confederate Congress, U. S. Congress. J. E. B. Stuart, attended E & H 1848-1850. General in the Confederate Army. Edward C. Huffaker, 1880, assistant in aerodymanics at the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1897; conducted experiments with the Wright Brothers at Kill Devil Hill. Robert E. L. Humphreys, 1889, in research and development with Standard Oil Co., he developed the thermal method of cracking petroleum hydrocarbons to produce gasoline. from Stevenson, George J., INCREASE IN EXCELLENCE: A HISTORY OF EMORY & HENRY COLLEGE 1836-1963. This is very sketchy. I'd be glad to mail you something more substantial if you need more information. Claudine Daniel