John Rennie Blake was the faculty chairman in charge of Davidson College from 1871 to 1877. After the death of George Wilson McPhail, the position of president was vacated as the college opted to elect a faculty member, Blake, to oversee the college until Andrew Dousa Hepburn was appointed in 1877. Because Blake was not an ordained minister, he was ineligible to become president according to the college's constitution. It was during his tenure that Woodrow Wilson and Robert Broadnax Glenn enrolled as students. References External links Biography from the Davidson College Archives & Special Collections 1825 births 1900 deaths Presidents of Davidson College People from Greenwood, South Carolina University of Georgia alumni Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences alumni