Alabama Presbyterian College was a college in

Anniston, Alabama Anniston is the county seat of Calhoun County in Alabama and is one of two urban centers/principal cities of and included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 23,106. Acc ...

affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. It was founded in 1905, opened in 1906 and continued until 1918 when it became a preparatory school. It was renamed Anniston University School in 1922 and closed in 1923. The school was taken over by Alabama Military Institute. The college site was on an 11-acre parcel of land at Eighth Street and Leighton Avenue. The college became coeducational in 1917. The college had a football team ( List of defunct college football teams) and baseball team. The SS ''John Stagg'' was a tanker-type Liberty ship named after John Stagg (1864–1915), who was president of Alabama Presbyterian College for Men.

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Lamar Jeffers Lamar Jeffers (April 16, 1888 – June 1, 1983) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Born in Anniston, Alabama, Jeffers attended public schools and Alabama Presbyterian College at Anniston. He served with the Alabama National Guard from ...

, U.S. Representative *

Oliver Carmichael Oliver Carmichael (October 3, 1891 – September 25, 1966) served as the third chancellor of Vanderbilt University from 1937 to 1946. He also served as the President of the University of Alabama from 1953 to 1957. Early life Oliver Cromwell Carm ...

, chancellor of

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...

from 1937 to 1946 and president of the

University of Alabama The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the publi ...

from 1953 to 1957

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