Background
Hill, Walter Barnard was born on September 9, 1851 in Talbotton, Georgia, United States. Son of Judge Barnard and Mary Clay (Birch) Hill.
Hill, Walter Barnard was born on September 9, 1851 in Talbotton, Georgia, United States. Son of Judge Barnard and Mary Clay (Birch) Hill.
and Bachelor of Laws (Business Level) (1871) and was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity.
He obtained three degrees from the university: Bachelor of Arts (1870), Master of Arts He practiced law in Macon, Georgia. Hill"s efforts eventually led to contraction of pneumonia, and he died in office in December 1905. He was buried in the Oconee Hill Cemetery in Athens.
* Created the foundations for the College of Agriculture and the College of Education
Expanded the law curriculum from one to two years
Established a School of Pharmacy (1903)
Prepared for the School of Forestry (1906)
Secured $151,000 in funding from the Georgia General Assembly between 1900 and 1905 (as opposed to just $8,000 in 1899)
Opened the following buildings on the university of Georgia campus: Denmark Hall (1901), Peabody Library (1905).
Science Hall/Terrell Hall (1897/1904), Candler Hall (1902), and Meigs (originally, LeConte) Hall (1905). History of the University of Georgia by Thomas Walter Reed.
Frontmatter and Chapter I: The Beginnings of the University, Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia, ca. 1949
From Ahmedunggar to Lavonia Presidents at the University of Georgia 1785-1997, University of Georgia Libraries, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Member Southern Board of Education.