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Miller Fulton Whittaker

1892–1949

United States

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Miller Fulton Whittaker (December 30, 1892 – November 14, 1949) was an American architect, educator, and college president. He served as the third president of South Carolina State College (now South Carolina State University) from 1932 until his death in 1949. A trained architect and professor of physics, Whittaker guided the college through the Great Depression, oversaw significant campus expansion, and navigated the early tensions of the civil rights movement as the institution's leader.

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