Elon Past, Present, and Future: All the Elon Presidents

This video is part of a series of videos that document James Earl Danieley lecturing during the class he teaches each Winter term at Elon University called Elon: Past, Present, Future. Included in all the videos in the collection, he discusses a number of topics that relate to the history of Elon University. Specifically, in this video he discusses major topics that include: William Wesley Staley’s family; Staley’s influences on Elon College; loan pay-offs on the college property by an Elon preacher and a wealthy banker from New York City in the era of the 1890’s; while Danieley served as Elon’s President, Leon Edgar Smith (Elon’s President from 1931-1957) wanted to serve on the Board of Trustees; 1904 the debt was paid off; Francis Asbury Palmer (a wealthy New Yorker) provided Elon with monetary giving; during Danieley’s time as President, buildings were built in honor of former Elon Presidents; President Leo Michael Lambert (President of Elon 1999-present) working on a $100 million dollar endowment campaign; gifting of the McEwen Library from Mrs. Iris (James) McEwen; Frederick College financially goes bankrupt; James Earl Danieley offering Frederick College students enrollment at Elon College; Fred Beasley provided money for scholarships to the Frederick College students; and B.F. Black (a student) beginning his career as a curator provided art donations to Elon College. Some notable names mentioned in this video include: James Earl Danieley, Ben Holden, William Wesley Staley, Bessie Staley, B.F. Black, J.O. Atkinson, Francis Asbury Palmer, Mrs. Iris (James) McEwen, William S. Long, Leon Edgar Smith, James Fred Young, and Leo Michael Lambert.