1. Oliver Cromwell Carmichael served as the third chancellor of Vanderbilt University from 1937 to 1946.
12 Facts About Oliver Carmichael
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Oliver Carmichael served as the President of the University of Alabama from 1953 to 1957.
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Oliver Cromwell Carmichael was born on October 3,1891, the son of a farmer.
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Oliver Carmichael was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, following Harvie Branscomb.
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Oliver Carmichael was the younger brother of mathematician Robert Daniel Carmichael.
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Oliver Carmichael joined the British Army in 1915 and served in the East African campaign and commanded a field canteen.
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Oliver Carmichael returned to the United States but then joined the United States Army shortly after the American entry into World War I, serving as a first lieutenant with the 321st Regiment of the 81st Division on the Western Front from August 1918 onwards.
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From 1926 to 1935, Oliver Carmichael served as the fourth president of Alabama College, now known as the University of Montevallo.
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Oliver Carmichael became Dean of the Graduate School of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1935, and he was elevated to serve as the third chancellor of the university from 1937 to 1946.
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Oliver Carmichael served as the President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching from 1945 to 1953.
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Oliver Carmichael served as the President of the University of Alabama from 1953 to 1957.
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Oliver Carmichael resigned over a "violent controversy" after expelling Autherine Lucy, an African-American student.