Highland Community College
Highland University
1909
Erected by the People
and dedicated
to their best interests
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[Stone] From
Old Mission
1837
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Names of the College
Highland University, 1857
Highland College, 1910
Northeast Kansas Junior College, 1922
Highland Public Junior College, 1937
Doniphan County Junior College, 1959
Highland Community Junior College, 1965
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Administrators
William McGookin, 1857 • James Campbell, 1858
W. J. S. Farington, 1858-59 • G. S. Rice, 1859-60
J. D. Paxton, 1860-61 • S. M. Irvin, 1861-63
H. P. Robinson, 1863-64 • Wm. Bishop, 1864-65
J. C. McElroy, 1865-66 • S. M. Irvin, 1866-67
William T. Gage, 1867-71 • J. A. McAfee, 1871-74
W. C. Falconer, 1874-75 • Robert Cruikshank, 1876-82
H. D. McCarty, 1882-85 • Duncan Brown, 1885-88
A. B. Irwin, 1888-91 • S. Ensminger, 1891-94
W. D. McFarland, 1894-95 • William Boyle, 1895-97
Roy V. Magers, 1897-1900 • A. P. Hayden, 1900-01
Amos A. Davis, 1901-05 • George E. Knepper, 1905-09
W. C. T. Adams, 1909-14 • W. G. James, 1914-18
J. L. Howe, 1918-36 • C. M. Rankin, 1936-44
Ruth Culbertson, 1944-49 • Howard Seaman, 1949-55
Stephen H. Byham, 1955-56 • Dale Kessinger (acting), 1956-57
Jack Flint, 1957-65 • Tony E. Woodrum, 1965-
Marker is on Main Street near South Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
