Blake Ragsdale Van Leer
(1893-1956)
President of Georgia Tech
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Blake Ragsdale Van Leer (a.k.a. Blake Van Leer) (August 16, 1893 – January 23, 1956) was the fifth president of Georgia Institute of Technology, founder of Southern Polytechnic State University, former dean of University of Florida and North Carolina State University. He was also a United States Army officer. During his 12-year tenure at Georgia Tech, women were admitted for the first time, steps were made towards integration, Tech changed its name from Georgia School of Technology to the Georgia Institute of Technology and went through a dramatic change.
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16 August 1893 Mangum, Oklahoma
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23 January 1956 (aged 62) Atlanta, Georgia
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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