Drury Lacy Jr. was the third president of

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. A native of Virginia, he was a Presbyterian pastor at a church in

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and then in

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before becoming president. As president, Davidson received a large financial commitment from a Maxwell Chambers, making Davidson the wealthiest private college in the entire South. Lacy left Davidson in 1860 and eventually became a chaplain in the

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. After the war, he returned to the ministry until his death.

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Biography from the Davidson College Archives & Special Collections

Biography from NCpedia
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