John Lee Buchanan

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John Lee Buchanan was the second president of Virginia Tech (then Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College). Buchanan was a former president of Emory and Henry College. Buchanan accepted the position after several other candidates had turned it because of political turmoil at the time. [1]

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  1. ^ "Life & Times of Virginia Tech Presidents". Office of the President of Virginia Tech. http://www.president.vt.edu/lt_minor.php. Retrieved 2007-04-15. 
Preceded by
Charles Minor
1872 – 1880
Virginia Tech president
1880 – 1882
Succeeded by
Thomas Nelson Conrad
1882 – 1886