William McMillan (college president)

William McMillan
Born1777
Lewistown, Pennsylvania
DiedApril 11, 1832(1832-04-11) (aged 55)
New Athens, Ohio
EducationJefferson College
ChurchPresbyterian
OrdainedJune 26, 1806
Offices held
4th president of Jefferson College (1817-1822)
President of Franklin College

William McMillan was elected the fourth president of Jefferson College on September 24, 1817.

McMillan was educated at Jefferson College, the institution founded by his uncle, the Rev. John McMillan, graduating with the Jefferson class of 1802, the first class to graduate from the newly chartered college.[1] He was one of the founders of the Philo Literary Society at Jefferson College.[1][2]

He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Ohio on June 27, 1804, and was ordained June 26, 1806.[1]

McMillan resigned the presidency of Jefferson on August 14, 1822, after the Board of Trustees dropped charges the faculty had brought against several students for slandering his teaching and administrative abilities. He went on to be president of Franklin College, in Ohio. He died in New Athens, Ohio on April 11, 1832.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A, ed. (1889). History of the Presbytery of Washington. Philadelphia: Jas. B. Rogers Printing Co. pp. 419–420.
  2. ^ McClelland, W.C. (1903). "A History of Literary Societies at Washington & Jefferson College". The Centennial Celebration of the Chartering of Jefferson College in 1802. Philadelphia: George H. Buchanan and Company. pp. 111–132.
  3. ^ "William McMillan (1817-1822)". U. Grant Miller Library Digital Archives. Washington & Jefferson College. 2003-09-04.