Cole served as the treasurer of the board of trust of Vanderbilt University . In 1892 , he donated $ 5,000 to endow the annual Cole Lecture , " for the defense and advocacy of the Christian religion . " Cole made a donation to the Bruce family shortly after the Lynching of Ephraim Grizzard in 1892
Lynching of Ephraim Grizzard
Lynching of Ephraim Grizzard
Edmund William Cole