Arthur T. Prescott
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Arthur Taylor Prescott Sr. (11 June 1863 – 16 May 1942) was a
Background
Prescott was one of six children born to Ben Prescott, I, and the former Kate Taylor. The second oldest son (a brother died in infancy), he was born during the
Prescott was educated privately in St. Landry Parish. In 1883, he received his
Academic career
In 1887, Prescott was named commandant of the student cadet organization at the
Louisiana State Representative George M. Lomax of Lincoln Parish pushed for the enabling legislation for the college, Act 68, and the first $20,000 start-up appropriation.[4][5]
Arthur Prescott is the father of the Louisiana Tech Prescott Memorial Library, which began as a reading room of "Old Main", the Tech administration building, with all initial 125 volumes donated from Prescott's personal collection of mostly studies in engineering, philosophy, religion, science, art, and history. A three-story Prescott Library building opened in 1961; years later it was linked in expanded facilities with the adjacent Wyly Tower of Learning.
In 1899, he returned to LSU as professor of government and constitutional law. Like his father, Prescott was an active
Because of his interest in public law, Professor Prescott in 1904 was the first to propose the establishment of what became in 1906 the
After the retirement of LSU President Thomas Duckett Boyd, the board of supervisors in 1926 and 1927 considered Prescott for the top position. He was the choice of Boyd and virtually all of the faculty. However, it was determined that Prescott, then sixty-four, was "too old" for the post, an oddity considering that some may have thought him "too young" at thirty-one when he was named the founding Louisiana Tech president. Prescott continued at the time as the secretary of the supervisors and as university dean of arts and sciences. After their first choice was unable to serve because of military retirement considerations, the supervisors settled on Thomas Wilson Atkinson, a professor of engineering.[8]
Prescott Hall at LSU is named in his honor; it is on the National Register of Historic Places.[9]
Family and death
Prescott was a member of the Masonic lodge; he was a communicant of St. James Church in Baton Rouge, a Protestant Episcopal congregation.[1] On January 4, 1888, Prescott married Nellie Daugherty, also an Episcopalian and the daughter of John A. Daugherty and the former Lucy Stewart, both of Baton Rouge. The Prescotts had six children, the Baton Rouge veterinarian Arthur Prescott Jr. (1892-1968); Lucy Stewart King (1896-1986), the wife of Clifford H. King (1898-1939), a real estate agent in Baton Rouge who died early in life, Allen Worden Prescott (1889-1954), Ben Prescott, II (1899-1975), who in 1924 was a banker in Paris, France, and two younger daughters, Kate Taylor Prescott and Elvira Garig Prescott, unmarried in 1924; married names not available. Elvira married Howard Davidson Muse.[1]
A year before his death, the Louisiana State University Press published Prescott's lengthy volume with even a long sub-title, Drafting the Federal Constitution.[10]
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References
- ^ a b c d e Henry E. Chambers, A History of Louisiana, Vol. 2 (Chicago and New York City: American Historical Society, 1925), pp. 313–314
- ^ Ruston Daily Leader, October 11, 1933, p. 20
- LCCN 02022466. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ Solomon Wolff (1897). Revised laws of Louisiana. New Orleans, Louisiana: F. F. Hansell and Brother. p. 345. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ S. D. Pearce (June 1, 1937). "Ruston Holds Long Record in Education: Establishment of Louisiana Tech Stabilizes Movement Started by Pioneers". Ruston Daily Leader. p. 19. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ "Rebecca L. Stenzel, Prescott Memorial Library: Louisiana Tech University" (PDF). Louisiana Library Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ^ "Statement of Welcome, Paul M. Hebert". DigitalCommons @ LSU Law Center. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- LCCN 2006285414. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Prescott Hall - Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, LA". waymarking.com. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 1968. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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