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RADFORD UNIVERSITY (Click on an image to see the actual notecard size)
John Preston McConnell Library
Radford, Virginia
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Radford University’s library was named in honor of Dr. John Preston McConnell, Radford’s first president. The library is a testament to his undying quest for excellent facilities on Radford’s campus and a career marked by efforts to ensure equal access to information, courses and materials for female students. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held on June 22, 1931 with Amanda Myers, president of the summer student body, removing the first shovelful of earth. The library was completed during the 1931-32 session and formally christened the John Preston McConnell Library at the June 1932 commencement. Today the library’s collection contains more than 297,000 volumes.

Born on February 22, 1866, Dr. McConnell was a native of Scott County, Virginia. He received his Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees from Milligan College and his Doctorate degree from the University of Virginia. On October 3, 1911, at the age of 45, Dr. John Preston McConnell was appointed president of The State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Radford — now known as Radford University. For the next two years, while teaching at Emory and Henry College and serving as its dean, he worked part time with a ten-member board of supervisors organizing the new school, planning the administration building, and supervising details of its construction, all without compensation. The school’s first session was held in the fall of 1913.

In 1924 the school’s name was changed to Radford State Teachers College and in 1944 was changed to Radford College. In 1972, after almost 60 years as an all-women’s college, Radford became coeducational. University status was granted by the General Assembly in 1979.

Text © 1996 Dianne Harrah, Drawing © 1996 Bill Harrah.

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