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Dodd College was a private
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for women located in
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. It was founded in 1927 by Monroe E. Dodd, a
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preacher who headed the
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from 1934 to 1935. Dodd College closed in 1942. Among the chairmen of the trustees was W. Scott Wilkinson, a Shreveport lawyer who served in the state House from 1920 to 1924.


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Defunct private universities and colleges in Louisiana Universities and colleges in Shreveport, Louisiana 1927 establishments in Louisiana {{Louisiana-university-stub