Byrd Prillerman (October 19, 1859April 25, 1929) was an American educator and school administrator. Prillerman was the fourth principal of the
West Virginia Collegiate Institute
West Virginia State University (WVSU) is a public historically black, land-grant university in Institute, West Virginia. Founded in 1891 as the West Virginia Colored Institute, it is one of the original 19 land-grant colleges and universities ...
(present-day West Virginia State University) from 1909 until 1919 and is considered by West Virginia State as the institution's fourth president.
Byrd Prillerman School in
Raleigh County, West Virginia
Raleigh County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,591. Its county seat is Beckley. The county was founded in 1850 and is named for Sir Walter Raleigh. Raleigh County is included in the ...
, was named for him. The school burned in 1962 and was not rebuilt. A scholarship has been established commemorating the school. Prillerman Hall at West Virginia State University is named for him.
Prillerman taught at West Virginia Collegiate Institute before becoming its president.
John Warren Davis succeeded him as president. He served as its president from 1909 to 1919.
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1859 births
1929 deaths
19th-century African-American people
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