Luther McKinnon was the seventh president of Davidson College and the first alumnus to become president.
[1] After graduating as salutatorian from Davidson in 1861, McKinnon joined the Confederate States Army as a chaplain.
McKinnon became ill after becoming president, struck with what was described as "rheumatism," and resigned as president.
[2] McKinnon lived as an invalid for the rest of life, settling in Clinton, North Carolina.
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