Charles Mercer Snelling (November 3, 1862 – September 19, 1939) was the chancellor of the
University of Georgia (UGA) in
Athens,
Georgia, from 1925 to 1932 and the first chancellor of the
Georgia Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia (1932–1933). All UGA leaders after Snelling have been referred to as ''president'' (the previous title before the 1860 University reorganization that created the UGA Chancellor position).
Biography
Snelling was born in
Richmond
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,
Virginia, and graduated from the
Virginia Military Institute in 1884. He taught mathematics there when he graduated, then at the
Georgia Military Institute in 1885–1886, as well as a 2-year stint teaching at South Georgia College in
Thomasville. Snelling came to the university in 1888 as an
adjunct professor
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of mathematics and commandant of cadets. He became a professor in 1897, and
dean of the university in 1909.
Accomplishments
Accomplishments of Snelling as the UGA Chancellor include:
*Forming the Bureau of Business Research in 1929
*Established the Institute of Public Affairs (1927)
*Reorganized the Lumpkin Law School
*Hired Ms. J.H. Bryan as the first female faculty member (Journalism, 1928)
*The Department of Music and Fine Arts was organized in 1926 under Hugh Hodgson
*Formed the division of General Extension to oversee adult education
*Oversaw completion of various buildings
omen's P.E. Building (1928); Brooks Hall (1928); Sanford Stadium (1929); Military Science Building (1931); Hirsch Hall (Law School, 1932)
After Snelling's tenure as the University System Chancellor, he became director of adult education for the state, a post he held until his death on September 19, 1939 in Athens. The Snelling Dining Commons is a south campus facility named in his honor.
References
External links
''History of the University of Georgia by Thomas Walter Reed; Frontmatter and Chapter I: The Beginnings of the University'', Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949
* ttp://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/pexhibit/presiden/snellin.html Charles M. SnellingHargrett library, past exhibits, UGA presidents
Hargrett library, university archives, guide to print collections
Time magazine
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1862 births
1939 deaths
Presidents of the University of Georgia
Chancellors of the Georgia Board of Regents