Harvey Leonard "H.L." Turner was born on May 2, 1893 in Conway, Faulkner Co, AR. He was the last child of Samuel Eugene Gipson Turner and Emily Elizabeth "Mila" Kinard. He married Lucille S. Scott on June 8, 1920. They were the parents of Lucille Marie Turner, Gillis Kinard Turner, and Harvey Leonard Turner, Jr. Leonard assisted with the maintenance work at the State Normal School and lived with his brother, Grover, while attending classes.
He became a teacher and taught at Cadron Ridge Teachers College. He later taught at Clemson College in South Carolina and the University of Michigan. He also worked in Washington, D.C. Leonard served as the President of Hillsdale College in Michigan from 1942 - 1952. Though established by Freewill Baptists in 1844, Hillsdale has been officially non-denominational since its inception. It was the first American college to prohibit in its charter any discrimination based on race, religion or sex, and became an early force for the abolition of slavery. It was also only the second college in the nation to grant four-year liberal arts degrees to women. Dr. Turner's formal inaugural was the first in Hillsdale's history. Financial pressures caused by World War II were severe, and in 1950 Turner gave a gloomy report that the current year would end with a $5,000 deficit and that the 1950-1951 fiscal budget would end with an imbalance four times as large. On a more positive note, the Wilbur J. Carr Memorial Library was completed in May 1950. Turner characterized his presidency as a "decade of difficulties and developments."
He became a teacher and taught at Cadron Ridge Teachers College. He later taught at Clemson College in South Carolina and the University of Michigan. He also worked in Washington, D.C. Leonard served as the President of Hillsdale College in Michigan from 1942 - 1952. Though established by Freewill Baptists in 1844, Hillsdale has been officially non-denominational since its inception. It was the first American college to prohibit in its charter any discrimination based on race, religion or sex, and became an early force for the abolition of slavery. It was also only the second college in the nation to grant four-year liberal arts degrees to women. Dr. Turner's formal inaugural was the first in Hillsdale's history. Financial pressures caused by World War II were severe, and in 1950 Turner gave a gloomy report that the current year would end with a $5,000 deficit and that the 1950-1951 fiscal budget would end with an imbalance four times as large. On a more positive note, the Wilbur J. Carr Memorial Library was completed in May 1950. Turner characterized his presidency as a "decade of difficulties and developments."
Harvey Leonard "H.L." Turner was born on May 2, 1893 in Conway, Faulkner Co, AR. He was the last child of Samuel Eugene Gipson Turner and Emily Elizabeth "Mila" Kinard. He married Lucille S. Scott on June 8, 1920. They were the parents of Lucille Marie Turner, Gillis Kinard Turner, and Harvey Leonard Turner, Jr. Leonard assisted with the maintenance work at the State Normal School and lived with his brother, Grover, while attending classes.
He became a teacher and taught at Cadron Ridge Teachers College. He later taught at Clemson College in South Carolina and the University of Michigan. He also worked in Washington, D.C. Leonard served as the President of Hillsdale College in Michigan from 1942 - 1952. Though established by Freewill Baptists in 1844, Hillsdale has been officially non-denominational since its inception. It was the first American college to prohibit in its charter any discrimination based on race, religion or sex, and became an early force for the abolition of slavery. It was also only the second college in the nation to grant four-year liberal arts degrees to women. Dr. Turner's formal inaugural was the first in Hillsdale's history. Financial pressures caused by World War II were severe, and in 1950 Turner gave a gloomy report that the current year would end with a $5,000 deficit and that the 1950-1951 fiscal budget would end with an imbalance four times as large. On a more positive note, the Wilbur J. Carr Memorial Library was completed in May 1950. Turner characterized his presidency as a "decade of difficulties and developments."
He became a teacher and taught at Cadron Ridge Teachers College. He later taught at Clemson College in South Carolina and the University of Michigan. He also worked in Washington, D.C. Leonard served as the President of Hillsdale College in Michigan from 1942 - 1952. Though established by Freewill Baptists in 1844, Hillsdale has been officially non-denominational since its inception. It was the first American college to prohibit in its charter any discrimination based on race, religion or sex, and became an early force for the abolition of slavery. It was also only the second college in the nation to grant four-year liberal arts degrees to women. Dr. Turner's formal inaugural was the first in Hillsdale's history. Financial pressures caused by World War II were severe, and in 1950 Turner gave a gloomy report that the current year would end with a $5,000 deficit and that the 1950-1951 fiscal budget would end with an imbalance four times as large. On a more positive note, the Wilbur J. Carr Memorial Library was completed in May 1950. Turner characterized his presidency as a "decade of difficulties and developments."
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Ashes are buried in Arborcrest Memorial Park and Chapel Mausoleum in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
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