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'Rev. George Junkin, D. D., LL. D.' (November 1, 1790-May 20, 1868) was an American educator and Presbyterian minister who served as the first president of Lafayette College and later as president of Miami University and Washington College (now Washington and Lee University).
He was the son of Joseph Junkin, and the sixth of fourteen children born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. His earliest years were spent on his father's farm where, he prepared for college. He graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington and Jefferson College in 1813. After studying theology privately, he entered the Theological Seminary of the Associate Reformed Church, in New York City and was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Monongahela in 1816. He was soon called to the charge of the United Congregations of Milton, Pennsylvania and McEwensville, Pennsylvania, where he remained about eleven years. In 1830 he became Principal of the Manual Labor Academy, at Germantown, Pennsylvania, one of the first institutions of the kind to go into operation in the United States. Two years later he became the first President of Lafayette College. In 1841 he accepted the Presidency of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio remaining three years, when he again returned to Easton. He was Moderator of the General Assembly in 1844. In the fall of 1848 he became the position of President of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in Virginia. Here he remained until May, 1861, when he resigned the presidency at the age of 71 and moved to Philadelphia. He died in Philadelphia in 1868.
★ Coffin, Seldon J., The Men of Lafayette, 1826-1893, Lafayette College, Its History, Its Men, Their Record, Easton, PA, 1891.
He was the son of Joseph Junkin, and the sixth of fourteen children born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. His earliest years were spent on his father's farm where, he prepared for college. He graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington and Jefferson College in 1813. After studying theology privately, he entered the Theological Seminary of the Associate Reformed Church, in New York City and was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Monongahela in 1816. He was soon called to the charge of the United Congregations of Milton, Pennsylvania and McEwensville, Pennsylvania, where he remained about eleven years. In 1830 he became Principal of the Manual Labor Academy, at Germantown, Pennsylvania, one of the first institutions of the kind to go into operation in the United States. Two years later he became the first President of Lafayette College. In 1841 he accepted the Presidency of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio remaining three years, when he again returned to Easton. He was Moderator of the General Assembly in 1844. In the fall of 1848 he became the position of President of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in Virginia. Here he remained until May, 1861, when he resigned the presidency at the age of 71 and moved to Philadelphia. He died in Philadelphia in 1868.
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★ Coffin, Seldon J., The Men of Lafayette, 1826-1893, Lafayette College, Its History, Its Men, Their Record, Easton, PA, 1891.
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