George Price Hays was the 2nd president of Washington & Jefferson College.

Hays continued his education and earned Doctor of Divinity degree from Lafayette College in 1870 and a LL.D.

[1] In 1875, the college began the expanding "Old Main" by adding a third floor and two towers, at a cost of $65,000.

[1] Hays submitted his resignation on December 18, 1878, but the Board of Trustees declined to accept it.

[1] On June 20, 1881, the Board of Trustees accepted Hays' resignation and he returned to the ministry full-time, preaching in Denver, Cincinnati, and Kansas City.