William Ernest Bird and Robert Lee Madison

William Ernest Bird and Robert Lee Madison

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Bird, William Ernest

Cullowhee High School (Cullowhee, N.C.) -- Presidents

Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School (Cullowhee, N.C.) -- Presidents

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Madison, Robert Lee, 1867-1954

Western Carolina University

William Ernest Bird (left) and Robert Lee Madison (right) were early presidents of Western Carolina University. Robert Lee Madison (1867–1954), the school's founder, served as principal of Cullowhee High School from 1889 until 1912. From 1920-1923, he headed Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School as president. W. Ernest Bird (1890-1975) attended Cullowhee High School and graduated in 1915 from Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School. After earning a graduate degree in 1920, he returned to Cullowhee as an English instructor and, later, Dean of Men. Bird twice served as acting president of the college, completing a 37-year career.

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