Alonzo S. Church

Alonzo S. Church

Alonzo S. Church was the sixth president of the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens. He served in that capacity from 1829 until his resignation in 1859.

Church was born on April 9, 1793 in Brattleboro, Vermont and died on May 18, 1862 in Athens. He was a 1816 graduate of Middlebury College. He initially joined the UGA faculty as a Professor of Mathematics and served in that capacity for ten years before assuming the presidency.

President Church's great-grandson, Alonzo Church, was also a renowned Professor of Mathematics in the 20th century at both Princeton University (the younger Church's alma mater) and UCLA.

Although Church served longer than any president of the University, there were numerous clashes with student and faculty during his tenure which resulted in declines in enrollment and faculty upheaval.

During Church's tenure, the following campus buildings were erected: Classroom/Library (Southern half of current Academic Building, 1831), the Chapel (1832), Phi Kappa Hall (1836), Lumpkin House (Rock House, 1844), Lustrat House (1847), Garden Club House (1857) and The Arch (1858) (funded through sale of the University Botanical Garden for $1,000).

References

* [http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/pexhibit/presiden/home.html "From Ahmedunggar to Lavonia Presidents at the University of Georgia 1785-1997", University of Georgia Libraries, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library]
* [http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/church/ Alonzo Church (great-grandson) Papers at Princeton University]
* [http://www.math.ucla.edu/~hbe/church.pdf Alonzo "Church: Life and work. Collected works of Alonzo Church, MIT Press, pp. xiii-xix" prepring, Herbert B. Enderton, Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics, UCLA]

External links

* [http://www.libs.uga.edu/archivesweek/2001/alonzoc.html Portrait of Alonzo Church]


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