David Elliott (college president)

David Elliott
Born	February 6, 1787 Sherman Valley, Pennsylvania
Died	March 18, 1874(1874-03-18) (aged 87) Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Education	Dickinson College
Church	Presbyterian

David Elliott was the third president of Washington College from 1830 to 1831.^[1]

Following the resignation of Andrew Wylie, Washington College was temporarily suspended in 1829 due to the difficulty in finding a candidate willing to accept the presidency, and several Trustees resigned from the Board. Elliot was appointed temporary president of Washington College on September 28, 1830. He received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Jefferson College in 1835, and Doctor of Laws degree from Washington College in 1847. From his resignation as president on November 7, 1831, until 1865, he was president of the Washington College Board of Trustees.

Elliot as a young man

Elliot died March 18, 1874, at the age of 88 years.

His grandson was academic Jonathan Livingston Lowes, a graduate of Washington & Jefferson College.^[2]

Writings

• Elliott, David (1848). The Life of the Rev. Elisha Macurdy: With an Appendix, Containing Brief Notices of Various Deceased Ministers of the Presbyterian Church in Western Pennsylvania. Allegheny: Kennedy & Brother. http://books.google.com/books?id=ewYMAAAAYAAJ. 

References

• "David Elliott (1787-1874)". Encyclopedia Dicksonia. Dickinson College - Archives and Special Collections. http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/e/ed_elliottD.htm. 

1. ^ "David Elliott (1830-1831)". U. Grant Miller Library Digital Archives. Washington & Jefferson College. 2003-09-04. http://washjeff.cdmhost.com/u?/p4019coll8,15. 
2. ^ Coleman, Helen Turnbull Waite (1956). Banners in the Wilderness: The Early Years of Washington and Jefferson College. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 127. OCLC 2191890. http://www.archive.org/details/bannersinthewild012852mbp. 

Further reading

Washington & Jefferson College portal

Media related to David Elliott (college president) at Wikimedia Commons

Academic offices
Preceded by Andrew Wylie	President of Washington College 1830–1831	Succeeded by David McConaughy

Persondata
Name	Elliott, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	February 6, 1787
Place of birth	Sherman Valley, Pennsylvania
Date of death	March 18, 1874
Place of death	Allegheny, Pennsylvania