Joseph Dupuy Eggleston

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Joseph DuPuy Eggleston was a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College, class of 1886. Joseph DuPuy Eggleston was the seventh President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Eggleston served from July 1, 1913 to July 2, 1919. He then returned to Hampden-Sydney College as President from 1919 to 1939. He died in 1952 at Hampden-Sydney College.

Preceded by
Paul Brandon Barringer
1907 – 1913
Virginia Tech president
1913 – 1919
Succeeded by
Julian Burruss
1919 – 1945
Preceded by
Henry Tucker Graham
1909 – 1917
Hampden-Sydney College president
1919 – 1939
Succeeded by
Edward Graham Gammon
1939 – 1955