Edwin Alderman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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University President
Date of Birth: 15-May-1861
Place of Birth: Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 30-Apr-1931
Profession: teacher
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Edwin Alderman
- Edwin Anderson Alderman (May 15, 1861 – April 30, 1931) served as the President of three universities.
- The University of Virginia's Alderman Library is named after him, as is Edwin A.
- Alderman Elementary School in Wilmington and Alderman dorm at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Alderman was the key leader in higher education in Virginia during the Progressive Era as president of the University of Virginia, 1904-31.
- His goal was the transformation of the Southern university into a force for state service and intellectual leadership and educational utility.
- Alderman successfully professionalized and modernized Virginia's system of higher education.
- He promoted international standards of scholarship and a statewide network of extension services.
- Joined by other college presidents, he promoted the Virginia Education Commission, created in 1910.
- Alderman's crusade encountered some resistance from traditionalists and never challenged the Jim Crow system of segregated schooling.
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