Upper left: E. R. Williams.
Third president. Solidly established Alexander in Jacksonville.
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Left panel Large Portrait:
Isaac
Alexander. Founder of school as a Methodist institution. Second longest
formal association with the school of which we are aware.
Upper left: E. R. Williams.
Third president. Solidly established Alexander in Jacksonville.
Middle left: G. J. Nunn.
Second president. Weathered the transition from Isaac Alexander and managed
the move to Jacksonville.
Upper center: Lc6- An old-style
golden altar cross symbolizing Alexander College's ownership by, and relationship
to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Middle right: W. K. Strother.
Fourth president and only president to serve two terms. Strother established
the second Jacksonville campus and built the Twin Towers.
Upper right: M.
L. Lefler. Seventh president, established team sports and the yearbook.
Lower left: G. F. Winfield.
Savior of the school in the 1920's, acquired the school's first endowments.
Lower right: Reuben
Alonzo "Lon" Morris. Gave Alexander College his fortune on the condition
that the school be renamed for him.
Right Hand Panel Large Portrait:
C.E.
Peeples. Saved the school during the depths of the Depression. Had
longest tenure of any president. Completely rebuilt the campus and provided
endowments to secure Lon Morris's future.
Upper left: Eddie Scurlock.
Dr. Peeples called him "Lon Morris's Man of the Century". Served as Chairman
of the Board of Trustees from 1972 until his death in 1985.
Middle left: Judge Morris
Hassell. Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1985 until his death in 1996.
Center: Cross and flame
Since 1968 this has served as the symbol of the United Methodist Church
Middle right: John Robinson. Longtime friend and legal adviser to the school.
Upper right: Arthur
and Evie Jo Wilson. Longtime friends of the school, donors for the
Craven-Wilson Dormitory, for the Chapel, and for a new administration building
to be built in the near future.
Lower left: T. E. Acker.
Board member from 1919, Board Chairman from 1937 to 1972. Acker has the
longest association with Lon Morris of which we are aware, having first
attended school there in 1907.
Lower right: W. Faulk
Landrum. President from 1976-1992, third longest tenure of any Lon
Morris president.
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