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1920s: Bennett Battle Ross
Title 1920s: Bennett Battle Ross
Description This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 138: Bennett Battle Ross grew up in Auburn, the son of a minister who taught at East Alabama Male College and Alabama A&M. Ross twice served as acting API president, was the first dean of Agricultural Sciences, was state chemist, and was long remembered as "a real teacher" and "the grand old dean of chemistry." He helped build a bicycle path from Auburn to what is now Chewacla Park. One former student recalled his making tubs of lemonade at commencement time. He and his wife had Auburn's first two-bathroom house, building a separate bathroom for planned guest William Jennings Bryan, who had to cancel the visit. Ross died of heart disease in 1930 just after the completion of Ross Hall, where his body lay in state. Photo source: Auburn University Archives.
Date ca. 1920s
Place Auburn – Lee County – Alabama
LC Subject Headings Auburn (Ala.)
Auburn University -- History
Auburn University -- Presidents
Auburn University -- Faculty
College presidents -- Alabama
College teachers -- Alabama
Education, Higher -- Alabama
EOA Categories Education -- Higher Education
Agriculture -- Agriculture Education
History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era
Original Medium black and white photograph, 2615 x 3665 pixels
File Name auh147.tif
Citation Logue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 3rd edition. 2013.
Repository Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Rights This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by Coates, Midge