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Originally Posted by oldu
Rhodes University in Memphis was named in honor of Peyton N. Rhodes, a Delta Chi from Virginia
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Just a slight correction: It's Rhodes
College, not Rhodes University. And Rhodes College is the instutution's 7th name; it's nominal history might be of marginal interest to Greeks.
Founded in 1848 in Clarksville, Tenn., as the Masonic University of Tennessee, it was later called Montgomery Masonic College and then Stewart College, after its President, William M. Stewart. While Stewart was president, the school passed from the Masons to the Presbyterian Church (1855). In 1875, a School of Theology was added and the name became Southwestern Presbyterian University. The School of Theology closed in 1917, and in 1925 the school moved to Memphis, where it was renamed simply Southwestern (no "College," no "University" added). It later was renamed again, this time as Southwestern at Memphis (again no "College," no "University" added). In 1984, it was renamed the last time, as Rhodes College, after a former president.
BTW, the Clarksville campus became Austin Peay State University.
Just a little more useless yet interesting information to help you sleep better.
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