Background
Gustavus R. Glenn was born in Jefferson County, Georgia on December 5, 1948 to James Russell and Anne Williams Glenn.
President of the University of North Georgia
Gustavus R. Glenn was born in Jefferson County, Georgia on December 5, 1948 to James Russell and Anne Williams Glenn.
The first professional position held by Glenn on a collegiate level was as the president of Columbus Female College, which he began in 1875. He remained at this position until a fire destroyed much of the college"s campus in 1884. In the same year Glenn became a professor physics at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.
He served at Wesleyan College until 1893, at which point he became the State School Commissioner.
In the summer of 1904 Glen was elected as the president of North Georgia Agricultural College.