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William Lowndes Pickard (1914-1918)
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d the university through an unsteady market and the start of World War I
- Broadened the curriculum
- Enlarged enrollment from 357 to around 1,000 students
- Increased the endowment
- Strengthened the Law course, making it a three-year program
- Recommended co-education
- Provided leadership as president of the Georgia Baptist Convention's board of education, encouraging the active participation of churches and associations in Baptist education in the state
- During his presidency, a fire in the Administration building and subsequent water damage collapsed one of the spires
- Quick bio: (1861-1935); A.B., A.M., D.D., LL.D.; spouse: Florence Martha Willingham (1886)
d the university through an unsteady market and the start of World War I