 The trustees accepted his resignation on May 13, 1931.Following the resignation of Baker, Ralph Cooper Hutchison was unanimously elected the seventh president of Washington & Jefferson College on November 13, 1931; he was inaugurated on April 2, 1932, making him at 34 years old one of the youngest college presidents in the county.Following the contentious tenure of President Baker, "Time" magazine noted that Hutchinson "pleased nearly everyone."