Davis Young Paschall (October 2, 1911 – October 25, 2001) was the twenty second
president of the
College of William & Mary, serving from 1960 to 1971. Prior to that, he served as
Superintendent of Public Instruction
A state education agency or state department of education is the state-level government organization within each U.S. state or territory responsible for education, including providing information, resources, and technical assistance on educationa ...
for the Commonwealth of
Virginia from 1957 to 1960, during the state-decreed period of
Massive Resistance
Massive resistance was a strategy declared by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd Sr. of Virginia and his brother-in-law James M. Thomson, who represented Alexandria in the Virginia General Assembly, to get the state's white politicians to pass laws and p ...
. During his superintendency public schools in the state were closed by gubernatorial and legislative fiat and subsequently, Dr. Paschall took steps to reopen those schools during the federal requirements.
His papers from his time as president of the
College of William & Mary can be found in the
Special Collections Research Center at the
College of William & Mary.
Death
On the 25 October 2001, 23 days after his 90th birthday, Paschall died from natural causes.
References
External links
Finding aid for the Davis Young Paschall CollectionFinding aid for Office of the President. Davis Young PaschallSCRC Wiki page for Davis Young Paschall
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2001 deaths
Presidents of the College of William & Mary
College of William & Mary alumni
State cabinet secretaries of Virginia
1911 births
20th-century American politicians