Category: Presidents
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Thomas Lawton Neely: North Greenville’s Second President
Thomas “Tom” Lawton Neely was born on September 11, 1915, in Greenville, South Carolina, to parents Kreswell Edward Neely and Mamie Willingham Lawton Neely. His father was a businessman who ran Neely Lumber Company in Greenville before relocating the business to Spartanburg when Tom was eight years old. Tom was…
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North Greenville’s Last Principal and First President: Dr. M.C. Donnan
Let me conclude this look at a man who did what he did because he was who he was by recalling a recollection of many times seeing him stand out there on the hill in front of the administration building. Not knowing he was observed he would gaze for long…
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North Greenville’s First President’s Home
In 1936, the year before White Hall was built, North Greenville constructed the first president’s home for Dr. Donnan and his family. The seven-room brick house with mountain views served the Donnan family until Dr. Donnan’s retirement in the early 60s. The next president of the college, Dr. Neely, lived…
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