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Lake City, Florida: A Sesquicentennial Tribute (2009) H. Morris Williams, Dr. Kevin M. McCarthy

President Holladay

steered the curriculum away
from an emphasis on vocational
and trade-school subjects, but
also led the way to the later
establishment of the University
of Florida’s Colleges of
Agriculture and Engineering.
According to Gator History by
Samuel Proctor and Wright
Langley, President Holladay’s
annual salary in 1884 was
Alexander Q. Holladay
was president of FAC $2,400, and professors, some of
from 1884 to 1888. whom had doctorate degrees
and had studied at well-known
American and European universities, earned between $1,600 and
$2,000 a year. 28

With funding from
the federal government,
officials established the
Florida Experiment Station
in Lake City in 1888. That

same year Holladay left
FAC to become president
of what would become
North Carolina State
University in Raleigh.
President Holladay was
succeeded by Frank Kern
(1888 - 1892).
Frank Kern was
president of FAC from
1888 to 1892.

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