Byrd Prillerman Explained

Byrd Prillerman
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Office:4th President of
West Virginia State University
Term Start:1909
Term End:1919
Predecessor:James McHenry Jones
Successor:John Warren Davis
Birth Date:19 October 1859
Birth Place:Franklin County, Virginia,
United States
Death Place:Kanawha City, West Virginia,
United States
Resting Place:Rakes-Peters Cemetery
Institute, West Virginia,
United States
Spouse:Mattie Eugenia Brown Prillerman
Children:Delbert McCulloch Prillerman
Ednora Mae Prillerman Cooper
Myrtle Elizabeth Prillerman

Byrd Prillerman (October 19, 1859April 25, 1929) was an American educator and school administrator. Prillerman was the fourth principal of the West Virginia Collegiate Institute (present-day West Virginia State University) from 1909 until 1919 and is considered by West Virginia State as the institution's fourth president. Byrd Prillerman School in Raleigh County, West Virginia, was named for him.[1] [2] The school burned in 1962 and was not rebuilt. A scholarship has been established commemorating the school.[3] Prillerman Hall at West Virginia State University is named for him.

Prillerman taught at West Virginia Collegiate Institute before becoming its president. John Warren Davis succeeded him as president.[4] He served as its president from 1909 to 1919.[5]

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  1. Web site: Byrd Prillerman School (U.S. National Park Service). www.nps.gov.
  2. Web site: Byrd Prillerman High School Historical Marker. www.hmdb.org.
  3. Web site: Byrd Prillerman High School Memorial Scholarship Fund. BECKLEY AREA FOUNDATION - LOCAL GIVING. LASTING LEGACIES..
  4. Early Negro Education in West Virginia. Woodson, C. G.. 1922. The Journal of Negro History. 7. 1. 23–63. JSTOR. 10.2307/2713579. 2713579 . 2027/osu.32435074353632. 149565330 . free.
  5. Web site: Drain-Jordan Library Archives Department - Prillerman Hall - Campus Buildings and Artifacts, West Virginia State University. library.wvstateu.edu.