Samuel Charles Black was the fifth president of Washington & Jefferson College.

[1] Black was born on September 6, 1869, at Monticello, Iowa and graduated from Parsons College.

He was elected as the fifth President of Washington & Jefferson College on April 18, 1919, and was inaugurated October 22, 1919.

[1] By the spring of 1920, the college had the largest enrollment in any one year during its history, increasing from the low point during the World War I years to 368 men freshmen.

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