Charles J. Ping (Acting President), B.D., Ph.D., served 1968-1969 Charles Ping earned his B.D. from Louisville Seminary and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Duke.  He assumed the role of Dean at Tusculum College in 1966 and worked as a minister at area churches.  In Trout’s resignation letter, he recommended Ping to be President of Tusculum […]

Douglas G. Trout, B.A., B.D., Ph.D., served 1965-1968 Douglas Trout received his B.A. from DePaul University in 1952 and his B.D. from McCormick Seminary in 1957. He served as an Army chaplain and Presbyterian minister before continuing his education at Michigan State University. At Michigan State, Trout worked as a student advisor and Administrative Assistant […]

Raymond C. Rankin, B.A., D.D., served 1951-1965 Raymond Rankin grew up in Tusculum.  His parents, Tusculum graduates, raised their family near the college and his father worked for Tusculum College.  Raymond attended Tusculum’s Preparatory Department.  He then studied music at Tusculum College and graduated in 1914.  After Tusculum, Rankin studied theology at McCormick Seminary in […]

Leslie K. Patton (Acting President), served 1950-1951 Leslie Patton received his M.A. from Emory College and his Ph.D. from Columbia.  After graduating from Columbia, Patton served in the U.S.O. until 1945.  Shortly after leaving the U.S.O., Patton became Dean at Tusculum College and earned the respect of faculty, staff and students.  When President Davies resigned, […]

George K. Davies, Ph.D., served 1946-1950 George Davies graduated from Princeton in 1922 and from McCormick Seminary in 1925.  He served churches in Nebraska, Iowa and Pennsylvania.  In 1942, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburg.  He became the first Tusculum College president to hold a Ph.D.  Davies had served as a Navy […]

John McSween, D.D., served 1942-1944 John McSween grew up in Timmonsville, S.C. and graduated from Davidson College in 1903.  Following his graduation, he became an active businessman in his hometown. McSween graduated from Theological Seminary at Columbia, S.C. in 1913.  He became ordained in 1913 and pastored in Dillion, S.C., Rowland, N.C., Clemson University, Anderson […]

Charles Albert Anderson, D.D., served 1931-1942 Before Charles Oliver Gray left, he found a new president to facilitate the transition from his administration to the next.  Gray selected Charles Anderson as his successor. Anderson, a native of Orange, N.J., graduated from Williams College in 1912 and Auburn Theological Seminary in 1916.  He became minister of […]

Jere A. Moore (Acting President), served 1927-1928 and 1944-1946 Jere A. Moore, nephew of President Jeremiah Moore (1882-1902), served as Acting President from 1927 to 1928.  In 1927, the Board of Trustees decided to give President Gray a year of leave to restore his health.  The Board hired Jere Moore to fill Gray’s shoes for […]

Charles Oliver Gray, B.A., B.D., M.A., D.D., LL.D., served 1908-1931 Charles Gray began life on June 3, 1867 in Heuveton, N.Y.  He graduated in 1890 from Hamilton College in New York.  He then attended from Union Theological Seminary in New York City and graduated in 1894.  He earned his M.A. degree at Hamilton College in […]

Samuel Andrew Coile, B.A., M.A., D.D., served 1902-1907 Samuel Coile, born January 18, 1857, grew up in Dandridge, Tenn.  He and three of his siblings attended Tusculum College.  After Coile graduated from Tusculum in 1879, he attended Lane Seminary and McCormick Seminary.  He served on the Board of Trustees and taught Greek for two years […]