We Honor
John Augustus Williams who was the first president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky. It was under him that the first organization of this college was effected in 1866, when it was established in Lexington as one of the Colleges of Kentucky University. Professor Williams attended the best schools of Paris during his boyhood and graduated from the Kentucky University, in 1843. He received the degree of L.L. D. at the Masonic University of La Grange, Kentucky. He was one of the original movers in the organization of the State Teacher's Association and took a prominent interest in everything looking to the educational advancement of the state.
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