Title	1920s: Bennett Battle Ross
Description	This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 138: Bennett Battle Ross grew up in Auburn, the son of a minister who taught at East Alabama Male College and Alabama A&M. Ross twice served as acting API president, was the first dean of Agricultural Sciences, was state chemist, and was long remembered as "a real teacher" and "the grand old dean of chemistry." He helped build a bicycle path from Auburn to what is now Chewacla Park. One former student recalled his making tubs of lemonade at commencement time. He and his wife had Auburn's first two-bathroom house, building a separate bathroom for planned guest William Jennings Bryan, who had to cancel the visit. Ross died of heart disease in 1930 just after the completion of Ross Hall, where his body lay in state. Photo source: Auburn University Archives.
Date	ca. 1920s
Place	Auburn – Lee County – Alabama
LC Subject Headings	Auburn (Ala.) Auburn University Auburn University -- History Auburn University -- Presidents Auburn University -- Faculty College presidents -- Alabama College teachers -- Alabama Education, Higher -- Alabama
EOA Categories	Education -- Higher Education Agriculture -- Agriculture Education History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era
Original Medium	black and white photograph, 2615 x 3665 pixels
Type	Image
Format	JPEG
File Name	auh147.tif
Citation	Logue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 3rd edition. 2013.
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
Rights	This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by	Coates, Midge