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In September of 1868, the Reverend\n         Charles H. Corey took over the school and in January of the\n         following year, the school was renamed the Colver Institute.\n         In January 1870, the Colver Institute moved to the United\n         States Hotel on the corner of Main and 19th Streets (known as\n         the Union Hotel until 1853) with financial help from the\n         Freedman's Bureau. On 10 February 1876 the school was\n         incorporated by the Virginia general assembly as the Richmond\n         Institute. The last name change came in 1886 when the school\n         was renamed the Richmond Theological Seminary. It remained\n         such until it merged with Wayland Seminary (located in\n         Washington, D.C.) in 1899 and became Virginia Union University\n         at its present site at the corner of Brook Road and Lombardy\n         Street.","Most of the school's early records have not survived. 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There are\n               signature lists for classes from 1877 to 1898. The\n               volume entitled \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eOrations\u003c/title\u003eappears to\n               be final essays, on topics for the most part secular,\n               handwritten by the students.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Most of the school's early records have not survived. This\n         is most likely a result of storage problems such as fires and\n         floods on campus. Others were possibly removed by departing\n         administrators and faculty who viewed them as personal\n         documents. The records described here constitute the extant\n         records of the school from its founding in 1867 until its\n         merger in 1899.","For more information on the University's early history, see\n         the following books: Corey, Charles H. \n          A history of the Richmond Theological\n         Seminary, with reminiscences of thirty years' work among the\n         colored people of the South. Ellison, John Malcus, ed. \n          A century of service to education and\n         religion: Virginia Union University, 1865-\n         1965. Fisher, Miles Mark, ed. \n          Virginia Union University and some of\n         her achievements: Twenty-fifth anniversary,\n         1899-1924. Reynolds, Mary C. \n          Baptist missionary pioneers among\n         Negroes: sketches.","These files comprise the bulk of the collection. The\n               correspondence consists mainly of letters, both personal\n               and business?related, written to Charles H. Corey. There\n               are many letters regarding students, especially letters\n               of commendation from employers and churches. Corey's\n               book, A history of the Richmond Theological Seminary,\n               with reminiscences of thirty years' work among the\n               colored people of the South, was written as a\n               fundraising tool in the New England area. Many letters\n               are in response to his pleas, offering both financial\n               and material assistance. There are also fascinating\n               letters from a missionary in Africa by the name of\n               Cosby. He describes the conditions in Lagos and West\n               Africa, wars over slaves, and the natives' distrust of\n               missionaries.","The correspondence from the ABHMS, written by Henry\n               L. Morehouse, Malcolm MacVicar, and Thomas J. Morgan,\n               progresses from Society business to the development of\n               Richmond Theological Seminary into a university. The\n               lengthy letters of the late 1890's detail the ABHMS's\n               struggle to purchase land for the new university and\n               raise money for faculty.","Also notable are the letters from Corey's\n               contemporaries in higher education for African\n               Americans. He corresponded with the presidents of\n               Atlanta Baptist College, Hampton Institute, Shaw\n               University, Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute,\n               Virginia Seminary, and Wayland Seminary, to name a\n               few.","These records consist mainly of endowment fund\n               subscriptions for the Richmond Institute. The ABHMS\n               printed out pledges for a donation in five equal\n               payments over five years to which the donor signed his\n               or her name. There are also a few salary receipts signed\n               by the school's professors.","Typed and handwritten lists of students and their\n               final grades submitted by the professors.","These two speeches, seemingly kept by Corey, are not\n               directly related to the Richmond Theological Seminary.\n               The first, \n                Objections to the Doctrine\n               of a particular Providence, is signed \"C.H.\n               Corey, Newton, 07 October 1859.\" The second, \n                Remarks by Dr.\n               Bishop, is neither signed nor dated (ca. 1880)\n               and is written on paper embossed \"Fairview.\" It\n               addresses Bible?based education for African Americans\n               instead of a classic or scientific education.","Contained in this file are mostly papers relating to\n               the ABHMS. This includes promotional materials that\n               explain the ABHMS's mission, minutes from an 1882\n               educational conference, and summary annual reports of\n               ABHMS schools. Also in this file are \"Regulations of the\n               Richmond Theological Seminary,\" a list of the school's\n               14 rules, and a student's admission application.","The two volumes found herein are records of the\n               Richmond Institute. The first page of the Registrar's\n               Book states \n                Information concerning\n               Students of Richmond Institute Also Signatures of\n               Students to the Rules and Regulations of the Institution\n               1877. On page one begins a section, entitled \n                Record of Students ,\n               where information on new students, including where they\n               were born and baptized, is recorded in a brief paragraph\n               by the registrar and then signed by the student. On page\n               31 begins a 13?page section where information on former\n               students is recorded. On page 201 begins a section in\n               which students signed their promise to uphold and abide\n               by the rules and regulations of the school. There are\n               signature lists for classes from 1877 to 1898. 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It is probably advisable that\n            the university's legal counsel be consulted for any outside\n            research requests","Arrangement The files are arranged alphabetically by subject.","The files are arranged alphabetically by subject.","Organization Series I Administration of Dr. Allix B. James 1970-1979:\n            James started working at Virginia Union University in 1947\n            as a Bible instructor. He was promoted to Dean of Students,\n            then Dean of the Graduate School of Religion. He was Vice\n            President under Dr. Henderson before being appointed\n            President when Henderson died in 1970. During his tenure, James oversaw many accomplishments,\n            including the establishment of a vigorous corporate gift\n            program, the most notable being a $2 million donation from\n            Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Lewis matched by the Ford Foundation on\n            a challenge from Lewis. Other corporate donors included\n            Rockefeller, Lilly, Mellon, Phillip Morris and Kellogg.\n            These gifts allowed renovations to the aging campus\n            facilities among other things. The old Department of\n            Commerce was upgraded and named the Sydney Lewis School of\n            Business Administration, achieving full accreditation in\n            the process. Coburn Hall burned in James' first year as President; it\n            wouldn't get rebuilt until Dr. Simmons' administration.\n            Dave Robbins was appointed basketball coach under James,\n            creating some controversy because he was not\n            African-American. This contention was set aside, however,\n            when Robbins coached the Panthers to a record number of\n            championship wins. Two Homecoming programs in the James years featured\n            actors Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier and TV \"Mission\n            Impossible's\" Greg Morris. Community Learning Week was\n            established as a city-wide celebration after beginning as a\n            university holiday to mark the assassination of Dr. Martin\n            Luther King Jr. Upward Bound, a preparatory program for\n            college-bound youths, was started on campus during James'\n            administration. Dr. James stepped down from the presidency in 1979 and\n            took a year's sabbatical leave. He returned as a full\n            professor of theology and retired completely from Virginia\n            Union University in 1993. Series II Administration of Dr. S. Dallas Simmons\n            1985-1999: Simmons was known as a businessman credited with\n            turning around the university's $6 million deficit and\n            eliminating it within 6 years. He was only the second\n            president of Virginia Union University who was not a\n            clergyman. The first was Dr. Henderson. Before coming to\n            Virginia Union University in 1985, Simmons was president of\n            St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville. He had taught business\n            at North Carolina Central University previously, and holds\n            a Ph.D. from Duke University. Besides pulling the university from the brink of\n            bankruptcy, Simmons is most notably credited with the\n            construction of the university's first library building.\n            The L. Douglas Wilder Library was opened in 1997. Other accomplishments, according to a full-color\n            brochure \"A Decade of Achievement,\" include reinstating 11\n            endowed scholarships and establishing 57 new ones,\n            rebuilding Coburn Hall finally after it burned in 1970,\n            bringing a police academy to campus in a cooperative effort\n            with the Richmond police, bringing the headquarters of the\n            Baptist General Convention to campus, tripling the\n            university's overall endowment, and earning the highest\n            auditors' ratings after establishing a strict internal\n            accounting system and hiring 4 CPAs to staff the university\n            accounting office Simmons resigned in 1999. Series III Administration of Dr. William J. Clark\n            1919-1941: Clark was the third president of Virginia Union\n            University and the president of the longest tenure. He was\n            a professor of church history and theological instruction\n            at Virginia Union University before becoming president.\n            During his administration, the university merged with\n            Hartshorn Memorial College, a sister college adjacent to\n            the Virginia Union University campus. The Hartshorn\n            property was sold to balance the Virginia Union University\n            books which suffered during the Depression. See Virginia\n            Union Bulletin, Centennial Issue, June 1965, \"A Century of\n            Service to Education and Religion\" for overview of Clark's\n            administration.","Series I Administration of Dr. Allix B. James 1970-1979:\n            James started working at Virginia Union University in 1947\n            as a Bible instructor. He was promoted to Dean of Students,\n            then Dean of the Graduate School of Religion. He was Vice\n            President under Dr. Henderson before being appointed\n            President when Henderson died in 1970.","During his tenure, James oversaw many accomplishments,\n            including the establishment of a vigorous corporate gift\n            program, the most notable being a $2 million donation from\n            Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Lewis matched by the Ford Foundation on\n            a challenge from Lewis. Other corporate donors included\n            Rockefeller, Lilly, Mellon, Phillip Morris and Kellogg.\n            These gifts allowed renovations to the aging campus\n            facilities among other things. The old Department of\n            Commerce was upgraded and named the Sydney Lewis School of\n            Business Administration, achieving full accreditation in\n            the process.","Coburn Hall burned in James' first year as President; it\n            wouldn't get rebuilt until Dr. Simmons' administration.\n            Dave Robbins was appointed basketball coach under James,\n            creating some controversy because he was not\n            African-American. This contention was set aside, however,\n            when Robbins coached the Panthers to a record number of\n            championship wins.","Two Homecoming programs in the James years featured\n            actors Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier and TV \"Mission\n            Impossible's\" Greg Morris. Community Learning Week was\n            established as a city-wide celebration after beginning as a\n            university holiday to mark the assassination of Dr. Martin\n            Luther King Jr. Upward Bound, a preparatory program for\n            college-bound youths, was started on campus during James'\n            administration.","Dr. James stepped down from the presidency in 1979 and\n            took a year's sabbatical leave. He returned as a full\n            professor of theology and retired completely from Virginia\n            Union University in 1993.","Series II Administration of Dr. S. Dallas Simmons\n            1985-1999: Simmons was known as a businessman credited with\n            turning around the university's $6 million deficit and\n            eliminating it within 6 years. He was only the second\n            president of Virginia Union University who was not a\n            clergyman. The first was Dr. Henderson. Before coming to\n            Virginia Union University in 1985, Simmons was president of\n            St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville. He had taught business\n            at North Carolina Central University previously, and holds\n            a Ph.D. from Duke University.","Besides pulling the university from the brink of\n            bankruptcy, Simmons is most notably credited with the\n            construction of the university's first library building.\n            The L. 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He was promoted to Dean of Students,\n            then Dean of the Graduate School of Religion. He was Vice\n            President under Dr. Henderson before being appointed\n            President when Henderson died in 1970. During his tenure, James oversaw many accomplishments,\n            including the establishment of a vigorous corporate gift\n            program, the most notable being a $2 million donation from\n            Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Lewis matched by the Ford Foundation on\n            a challenge from Lewis. Other corporate donors included\n            Rockefeller, Lilly, Mellon, Phillip Morris and Kellogg.\n            These gifts allowed renovations to the aging campus\n            facilities among other things. The old Department of\n            Commerce was upgraded and named the Sydney Lewis School of\n            Business Administration, achieving full accreditation in\n            the process. Coburn Hall burned in James' first year as President; it\n            wouldn't get rebuilt until Dr. Simmons' administration.\n            Dave Robbins was appointed basketball coach under James,\n            creating some controversy because he was not\n            African-American. This contention was set aside, however,\n            when Robbins coached the Panthers to a record number of\n            championship wins. Two Homecoming programs in the James years featured\n            actors Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier and TV \"Mission\n            Impossible's\" Greg Morris. Community Learning Week was\n            established as a city-wide celebration after beginning as a\n            university holiday to mark the assassination of Dr. Martin\n            Luther King Jr. Upward Bound, a preparatory program for\n            college-bound youths, was started on campus during James'\n            administration. Dr. James stepped down from the presidency in 1979 and\n            took a year's sabbatical leave. He returned as a full\n            professor of theology and retired completely from Virginia\n            Union University in 1993. Series II Administration of Dr. S. Dallas Simmons\n            1985-1999: Simmons was known as a businessman credited with\n            turning around the university's $6 million deficit and\n            eliminating it within 6 years. He was only the second\n            president of Virginia Union University who was not a\n            clergyman. The first was Dr. Henderson. Before coming to\n            Virginia Union University in 1985, Simmons was president of\n            St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville. He had taught business\n            at North Carolina Central University previously, and holds\n            a Ph.D. from Duke University. Besides pulling the university from the brink of\n            bankruptcy, Simmons is most notably credited with the\n            construction of the university's first library building.\n            The L. Douglas Wilder Library was opened in 1997. Other accomplishments, according to a full-color\n            brochure \"A Decade of Achievement,\" include reinstating 11\n            endowed scholarships and establishing 57 new ones,\n            rebuilding Coburn Hall finally after it burned in 1970,\n            bringing a police academy to campus in a cooperative effort\n            with the Richmond police, bringing the headquarters of the\n            Baptist General Convention to campus, tripling the\n            university's overall endowment, and earning the highest\n            auditors' ratings after establishing a strict internal\n            accounting system and hiring 4 CPAs to staff the university\n            accounting office Simmons resigned in 1999. 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Community Learning Week was\n            established as a city-wide celebration after beginning as a\n            university holiday to mark the assassination of Dr. Martin\n            Luther King Jr. Upward Bound, a preparatory program for\n            college-bound youths, was started on campus during James'\n            administration.","Dr. James stepped down from the presidency in 1979 and\n            took a year's sabbatical leave. He returned as a full\n            professor of theology and retired completely from Virginia\n            Union University in 1993.","Series II Administration of Dr. S. Dallas Simmons\n            1985-1999: Simmons was known as a businessman credited with\n            turning around the university's $6 million deficit and\n            eliminating it within 6 years. He was only the second\n            president of Virginia Union University who was not a\n            clergyman. The first was Dr. Henderson. 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Coburn Hall burned in James' first year as President; it\n            wouldn't get rebuilt until Dr. Simmons' administration.\n            Dave Robbins was appointed basketball coach under James,\n            creating some controversy because he was not\n            African-American. This contention was set aside, however,\n            when Robbins coached the Panthers to a record number of\n            championship wins. Two Homecoming programs in the James years featured\n            actors Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier and TV \"Mission\n            Impossible's\" Greg Morris. Community Learning Week was\n            established as a city-wide celebration after beginning as a\n            university holiday to mark the assassination of Dr. Martin\n            Luther King Jr. Upward Bound, a preparatory program for\n            college-bound youths, was started on campus during James'\n            administration. Dr. James stepped down from the presidency in 1979 and\n            took a year's sabbatical leave. He returned as a full\n            professor of theology and retired completely from Virginia\n            Union University in 1993. Series II Administration of Dr. S. Dallas Simmons\n            1985-1999: Simmons was known as a businessman credited with\n            turning around the university's $6 million deficit and\n            eliminating it within 6 years. He was only the second\n            president of Virginia Union University who was not a\n            clergyman. The first was Dr. Henderson. Before coming to\n            Virginia Union University in 1985, Simmons was president of\n            St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville. He had taught business\n            at North Carolina Central University previously, and holds\n            a Ph.D. from Duke University. Besides pulling the university from the brink of\n            bankruptcy, Simmons is most notably credited with the\n            construction of the university's first library building.\n            The L. Douglas Wilder Library was opened in 1997. Other accomplishments, according to a full-color\n            brochure \"A Decade of Achievement,\" include reinstating 11\n            endowed scholarships and establishing 57 new ones,\n            rebuilding Coburn Hall finally after it burned in 1970,\n            bringing a police academy to campus in a cooperative effort\n            with the Richmond police, bringing the headquarters of the\n            Baptist General Convention to campus, tripling the\n            university's overall endowment, and earning the highest\n            auditors' ratings after establishing a strict internal\n            accounting system and hiring 4 CPAs to staff the university\n            accounting office Simmons resigned in 1999. Series III Administration of Dr. William J. Clark\n            1919-1941: Clark was the third president of Virginia Union\n            University and the president of the longest tenure. He was\n            a professor of church history and theological instruction\n            at Virginia Union University before becoming president.\n            During his administration, the university merged with\n            Hartshorn Memorial College, a sister college adjacent to\n            the Virginia Union University campus. The Hartshorn\n            property was sold to balance the Virginia Union University\n            books which suffered during the Depression. See Virginia\n            Union Bulletin, Centennial Issue, June 1965, \"A Century of\n            Service to Education and Religion\" for overview of Clark's\n            administration.","Series I Administration of Dr. Allix B. James 1970-1979:\n            James started working at Virginia Union University in 1947\n            as a Bible instructor. He was promoted to Dean of Students,\n            then Dean of the Graduate School of Religion. He was Vice\n            President under Dr. Henderson before being appointed\n            President when Henderson died in 1970.","During his tenure, James oversaw many accomplishments,\n            including the establishment of a vigorous corporate gift\n            program, the most notable being a $2 million donation from\n            Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Lewis matched by the Ford Foundation on\n            a challenge from Lewis. Other corporate donors included\n            Rockefeller, Lilly, Mellon, Phillip Morris and Kellogg.\n            These gifts allowed renovations to the aging campus\n            facilities among other things. The old Department of\n            Commerce was upgraded and named the Sydney Lewis School of\n            Business Administration, achieving full accreditation in\n            the process.","Coburn Hall burned in James' first year as President; it\n            wouldn't get rebuilt until Dr. Simmons' administration.\n            Dave Robbins was appointed basketball coach under James,\n            creating some controversy because he was not\n            African-American. This contention was set aside, however,\n            when Robbins coached the Panthers to a record number of\n            championship wins.","Two Homecoming programs in the James years featured\n            actors Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier and TV \"Mission\n            Impossible's\" Greg Morris. Community Learning Week was\n            established as a city-wide celebration after beginning as a\n            university holiday to mark the assassination of Dr. Martin\n            Luther King Jr. Upward Bound, a preparatory program for\n            college-bound youths, was started on campus during James'\n            administration.","Dr. James stepped down from the presidency in 1979 and\n            took a year's sabbatical leave. He returned as a full\n            professor of theology and retired completely from Virginia\n            Union University in 1993.","Series II Administration of Dr. S. Dallas Simmons\n            1985-1999: Simmons was known as a businessman credited with\n            turning around the university's $6 million deficit and\n            eliminating it within 6 years. He was only the second\n            president of Virginia Union University who was not a\n            clergyman. The first was Dr. Henderson. Before coming to\n            Virginia Union University in 1985, Simmons was president of\n            St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville. He had taught business\n            at North Carolina Central University previously, and holds\n            a Ph.D. from Duke University.","Besides pulling the university from the brink of\n            bankruptcy, Simmons is most notably credited with the\n            construction of the university's first library building.\n            The L. 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Before coming to\n            Virginia Union University in 1985, Simmons was president of\n            St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville. He had taught business\n            at North Carolina Central University previously, and holds\n            a Ph.D. from Duke University.","Besides pulling the university from the brink of\n            bankruptcy, Simmons is most notably credited with the\n            construction of the university's first library building.\n            The L. 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He was\n            a professor of church history and theological instruction\n            at Virginia Union University before becoming president.\n            During his administration, the university merged with\n            Hartshorn Memorial College, a sister college adjacent to\n            the Virginia Union University campus. The Hartshorn\n            property was sold to balance the Virginia Union University\n            books which suffered during the Depression. See Virginia\n            Union Bulletin, Centennial Issue, June 1965, \"A Century of\n            Service to Education and Religion\" for overview of Clark's\n            administration.","by year","These records reflect the administration of the university\n         as well as the president's outreach activities such as alumni\n         relations and speaking engagements.","The presidents of the University have been as follows: \n          Dr. Malcolm MacVicar (1899-1904) \n          Dr. George R. 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Coburn Hall burned in James' first year as President; it\n            wouldn't get rebuilt until Dr. Simmons' administration.\n            Dave Robbins was appointed basketball coach under James,\n            creating some controversy because he was not\n            African-American. This contention was set aside, however,\n            when Robbins coached the Panthers to a record number of\n            championship wins. Two Homecoming programs in the James years featured\n            actors Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier and TV \"Mission\n            Impossible's\" Greg Morris. Community Learning Week was\n            established as a city-wide celebration after beginning as a\n            university holiday to mark the assassination of Dr. Martin\n            Luther King Jr. Upward Bound, a preparatory program for\n            college-bound youths, was started on campus during James'\n            administration. Dr. James stepped down from the presidency in 1979 and\n            took a year's sabbatical leave. He returned as a full\n            professor of theology and retired completely from Virginia\n            Union University in 1993. Series II Administration of Dr. S. Dallas Simmons\n            1985-1999: Simmons was known as a businessman credited with\n            turning around the university's $6 million deficit and\n            eliminating it within 6 years. He was only the second\n            president of Virginia Union University who was not a\n            clergyman. The first was Dr. Henderson. Before coming to\n            Virginia Union University in 1985, Simmons was president of\n            St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville. He had taught business\n            at North Carolina Central University previously, and holds\n            a Ph.D. from Duke University. Besides pulling the university from the brink of\n            bankruptcy, Simmons is most notably credited with the\n            construction of the university's first library building.\n            The L. Douglas Wilder Library was opened in 1997. Other accomplishments, according to a full-color\n            brochure \"A Decade of Achievement,\" include reinstating 11\n            endowed scholarships and establishing 57 new ones,\n            rebuilding Coburn Hall finally after it burned in 1970,\n            bringing a police academy to campus in a cooperative effort\n            with the Richmond police, bringing the headquarters of the\n            Baptist General Convention to campus, tripling the\n            university's overall endowment, and earning the highest\n            auditors' ratings after establishing a strict internal\n            accounting system and hiring 4 CPAs to staff the university\n            accounting office Simmons resigned in 1999. Series III Administration of Dr. William J. Clark\n            1919-1941: Clark was the third president of Virginia Union\n            University and the president of the longest tenure. He was\n            a professor of church history and theological instruction\n            at Virginia Union University before becoming president.\n            During his administration, the university merged with\n            Hartshorn Memorial College, a sister college adjacent to\n            the Virginia Union University campus. The Hartshorn\n            property was sold to balance the Virginia Union University\n            books which suffered during the Depression. See Virginia\n            Union Bulletin, Centennial Issue, June 1965, \"A Century of\n            Service to Education and Religion\" for overview of Clark's\n            administration.","Series I Administration of Dr. Allix B. James 1970-1979:\n            James started working at Virginia Union University in 1947\n            as a Bible instructor. He was promoted to Dean of Students,\n            then Dean of the Graduate School of Religion. He was Vice\n            President under Dr. Henderson before being appointed\n            President when Henderson died in 1970.","During his tenure, James oversaw many accomplishments,\n            including the establishment of a vigorous corporate gift\n            program, the most notable being a $2 million donation from\n            Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Lewis matched by the Ford Foundation on\n            a challenge from Lewis. Other corporate donors included\n            Rockefeller, Lilly, Mellon, Phillip Morris and Kellogg.\n            These gifts allowed renovations to the aging campus\n            facilities among other things. The old Department of\n            Commerce was upgraded and named the Sydney Lewis School of\n            Business Administration, achieving full accreditation in\n            the process.","Coburn Hall burned in James' first year as President; it\n            wouldn't get rebuilt until Dr. Simmons' administration.\n            Dave Robbins was appointed basketball coach under James,\n            creating some controversy because he was not\n            African-American. This contention was set aside, however,\n            when Robbins coached the Panthers to a record number of\n            championship wins.","Two Homecoming programs in the James years featured\n            actors Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier and TV \"Mission\n            Impossible's\" Greg Morris. Community Learning Week was\n            established as a city-wide celebration after beginning as a\n            university holiday to mark the assassination of Dr. Martin\n            Luther King Jr. Upward Bound, a preparatory program for\n            college-bound youths, was started on campus during James'\n            administration.","Dr. James stepped down from the presidency in 1979 and\n            took a year's sabbatical leave. He returned as a full\n            professor of theology and retired completely from Virginia\n            Union University in 1993.","Series II Administration of Dr. S. Dallas Simmons\n            1985-1999: Simmons was known as a businessman credited with\n            turning around the university's $6 million deficit and\n            eliminating it within 6 years. He was only the second\n            president of Virginia Union University who was not a\n            clergyman. The first was Dr. Henderson. Before coming to\n            Virginia Union University in 1985, Simmons was president of\n            St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville. He had taught business\n            at North Carolina Central University previously, and holds\n            a Ph.D. from Duke University.","Besides pulling the university from the brink of\n            bankruptcy, Simmons is most notably credited with the\n            construction of the university's first library building.\n            The L. 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