John Lee Buchanan

John Lee Buchanan (June 19, 1831 – January 19, 1922) was the second president of Virginia Tech (then Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College) and the sixth president of the University of Arkansas.

Biography Buchanan was born to Patrick C. and Margaret Graham Buchanan in Rich Valley, Smyth County, Virginia. He received an A.B. in 1856 and an M.A. in 1858 In 1879 he became the Latin chair at Vanderbilt University and later served as president of Emory and Henry College before being appointed VAMC president in 1880. Buchanan re-assumed the presidency of VAMC in August 1881, but was removed for the second and final time in January 1882. From 1885 to 1889 he served as state superintendent of public instruction (hence was ex officio member of the VAMC Board of Visitors). before he renamed it to University of Arkansas and where he remained until retiring in 1902.

Buchanan died January 19, 1922, in Rich Valley, Virginia, at age 90.

Honors Two residence halls at the University of Arkansas were named after Buchanan, including the Buchanan-Droke residence hall.

Personal life Buchanan married Frances Elizabeth Wiley, with whom he had nine children.