Charles Minor

For the character on the US TV series The Office, see Charles Miner.

Charles Minor
1st President of Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical College
In office
August 14, 1872  December 10, 1879
Preceded by Position Created
Succeeded by John Lee Buchanan
Personal details
Born December 3, 1835
Hanover County, Virginia
Died July 13, 1903(1903-07-13) (aged 67)
Albemarle County, Virginia
Alma mater University of Virginia
Military service
Allegiance  Confederate States of America
Service/branch  Confederate States Army

Charles Landon Carter Minor (December 3, 1835 – July 13, 1903) was the first president of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now known as Virginia Tech), Virginia’s new land-grant institution. Minor, a native of Hanover County, Virginia, held a masters degree from the University of Virginia and taught at Sewanee Episcopal Seminary in Tennessee. Minor had previously spent a year as president of the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) from 1867 to 1868.

Minor opened the doors to the new college on October 1, 1872 with three faculty members, none one of them a professor of agriculture or mechanics. By the end of the first week 29 students were enrolled. By the end of the first year 132 students were enrolled, exceeding expectations.[1] [2]

During a faculty meeting, the generally easygoing Minor and hot-headed Gen. James H. Lane, the professor of mathematics and foreign languages with responsibility for military training got into a fistfight. Both were convicted of disorderly conduct. Ultimately, Minor was removed from office due to the erosion of confidence in his administration.[3]

References

  1. "The Minor Years". Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  2. "Presidents of Virginia Tech". Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  3. "Life & Times of Virginia Tech Presidents". Office of the President of Virginia Tech. Archived from the original on 2007-03-03. Retrieved 2007-04-15.
Preceded by
George Washington Custis Lee
President of the Maryland Agricultural College
1867 1868
Succeeded by
Franklin Buchanan
Preceded by
No one
President of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College
1872 1879
Succeeded by
John Lee Buchanan


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