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American educator and government official (1889–1975)

Dabney S. Lancaster
Portrait of Lancaster, c. 1955
1st Chair of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
In office
August 21, 1956 – June 30, 1964
Governor
Succeeded bySol W. Rawls Jr.
17th President of Longwood University
In office
July 1, 1946 – July 1, 1955
Preceded byJoseph L. Jarman
Succeeded byFrancis Lankford Jr.
10th Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction
In office
September 1, 1941 – June 15, 1946
Governor
Preceded bySidney B. Hall
Succeeded byG. Tyler Miller
Personal details
BornDabney Stewart Lancaster
(1889-10-12)October 12, 1889
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
DiedMarch 11, 1975(1975-03-11) (aged 85)
Lexington, Virginia, U.S.
Resting placeHollywood Cemetery
SpouseMary Tabb Crump
Children4
Education

Dabney Stewart Lancaster (October 12, 1889 – March 11, 1975) was an American educator and government official. A native of Richmond, Virginia, he attended the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech and went on to serve as Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1941 to 1946, as the president of Longwood College (now Longwood University from 1946 to 1955, and as the first head of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. In 1967, the state honored him by naming its new community college in Clifton Forge after him, and he died in Lexington on March 11, 1975. While Lancaster was previously described as a moderate on racial issues, relative to his contemporaries, advocating for equal pay for white and black teachers, his support of race-based segregation in public schools during his career and the discovery of his involvement with the Anglo-Saxon Clubs of America, a white supremacist organization, prompted state officials to change the name of Dabney S. Lancaster Community College to Mountain Gateway Community College, effective 2022, in the wake of the George Floyd protests.

References

  1. Written at Lexington, Virginia. "Dabney S. Lancaster, Educator, Succumbs". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Vol. 124, no. 71. Richmond, Virginia. March 12, 1975. p. B4. Retrieved April 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Written at Lexington, Virginia. "Dabney Lancaster, Va. Educator, Dies". The Roanoke Times. Vol. 177, no. 70. Roanoke, Virginia. Associated Press. March 12, 1975. p. 5. Retrieved April 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Weissman, Sara (June 22, 2021). "Dabney S. Lancaster Community College Will Change Its Name". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  4. Thomas, Will (June 30, 2022). Written at Alleghany County, Virginia. "Mountain Gateway Community College name change becomes official". WDBJ7.com. Roanoke, Virginia. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
Offices and distinctions
Government offices
Preceded bySidney B. Hall Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction
1941–1946 		Succeeded byG. Tyler Miller
Office established Chair of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
1956–1964 		Succeeded bySol W. Rawls Jr.
Academic offices
Preceded byJoseph L. Jarman President of Longwood College
1946–1955 		Succeeded byFrancis Lankford Jr.
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