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| name = Claybrook C. Cottingham​

| name=Claybrook C. Cottingham​

| nationality = [[United States|American]]​

| nationality = [[United States|American]]​

|office=3rd President of [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]]​

|office=3rd President of [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]]​

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'''Claybrook C. Cottingham''' (May 4, 1881 – August 17, 1949) was an [[educator]] who served as the third president of [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]], and the tenth president of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]].​

'''Claybrook C. Cottingham''' (May 4, 1881 – August 17, 1949) was an [[educator]] who served as the third president of [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]], and the tenth president of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]].​

 

==Background==​

==Background==

 

A son of George Cottingham and the former Louise Palmer, Cottingham was born in Ottoman in Lancaster County on the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast of  [[Virginia]]. He was educated at Chesapeake Academy in Irvington,  Virginia. He received his Bachelor of Arts and [[Master of Arts]] degrees prior to 1902  from the University of Richmond, then known as Richmond College,  in the capital city of [[Richmond]]. He obtained the Doctor of Divinity degree from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]]. From 1900 to 1902, he was the assistant principal at his ''alma mater,'' Chesapeake Academy.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-c/|title=Cottingham, Claybrook C.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=June 10, 2020}}</ref>​

A son of George Cottingham and the former Louise Palmer, Cottingham was born in Ottoman in Lancaster County on the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast of  [[Virginia]]. He was educated at Chesapeake Academy in Irvington,  Virginia. He received his Bachelor of Arts and [[Master of Arts]] degrees prior to 1902  from the University of Richmond, then known as Richmond College,  in the capital city of [[Richmond]]. He obtained the Doctor of Divinity degree from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]]. From 1900 to 1902, he was the assistant principal at his ''alma mater,'' Chesapeake Academy.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-c/|title=Cottingham, Claybrook C.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=June 10, 2020}}</ref>​

 

==Academic career==​

==Academic career==​

 

Cottingham moved to Louisiana to become from 1902 to 1905 a professor of [[Greek]] and [[philosophy]] at the defunct Mount Lebanon College, sometimes called Mount Lebanon University, a forerunner of Louisiana College, located[in Bienville Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Cottingham served as the last president of Mount Lebanon from 1905–1906, when he became from 1906 to1910 a founding professor of the new Louisiana College. His tenure as LC president stretched from 1910 to 1941, when he became the tenth president of Louisiana Tech, formerly known as '''Louisiana Polytechnic Institute.''.<ref name=lahist/>​

Cottingham moved to Louisiana to become from 1902 to 1905 a professor of [[Greek]] and [[philosophy]] at the defunct Mount Lebanon College, sometimes called Mount Lebanon University, a forerunner of Louisiana College, located[in Bienville Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Cottingham served as the last president of Mount Lebanon from 1905–1906, when he became from 1906 to1910 a founding professor of the new Louisiana College. His tenure as LC president stretched from 1910 to 1941, when he became the tenth president of Louisiana Tech, formerly known as '''Louisiana Polytechnic Institute.''.<ref name=lahist/>​

 

A world traveler, Cottingham was still serving at Louisiana Tech when he died at the age of sixty-eight while on a business trip to [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]].<ref name=lahist/>​

A world traveler, Cottingham was still serving at Louisiana Tech when he died at the age of sixty-eight while on a business trip to [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]].<ref name=lahist/>​

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==Family and legacy==​

==Family and legacy==

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On June 8, 1904, Cottingham married the former Myrtle Baker of Mount Lebanon, daughter of the merchant J. L. Baker and the former Mary Williamson. Their children were Mary Virginia (born 1906), Margaret Drew (born 1913), and Claybrook Baker Cottingham, Sr. (1915–1991). A Cottingham grandson, C. B. Cottingham, Jr. (1943–2008), who served in both the [[United States Army]] and [[United States Air Force]] during the 1970s,<ref>Claybrook B. Cottingham, Jr., obituary, Singleton Funeral Home, Glen Burnie, [[Maryland]], accessed December 19, 2010</ref> died at the age of sixty-five, a resident of Hanover in Anne Arundel County, [[Maryland]]. Claybrook and Myrtle Cottinghams are interred at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.​

On June 8, 1904, Cottingham married the former Myrtle Baker of Mount Lebanon, daughter of the merchant J. L. Baker and the former Mary Williamson. Their children were Mary Virginia (born 1906), Margaret Drew (born 1913), and Claybrook Baker Cottingham, Sr. (1915–1991). A Cottingham grandson, C. B. Cottingham, Jr. (1943–2008), who served in both the [[United States Army]] and [[United States Air Force]] during the 1970s,<ref>Claybrook B. Cottingham, Jr., obituary, Singleton Funeral Home, Glen Burnie, [[Maryland]], accessed December 19, 2010</ref> died at the age of sixty-five, a resident of Hanover in Anne Arundel County, [[Maryland]]. Claybrook and Myrtle Cottinghams are interred at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.​

A Baptist deacon, Cottingham was from 1914 to 1916, the president of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, based in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]. He was also a director of Rotary International from 1930 to 1931.<ref name=lahist/>​

A Baptist deacon, Cottingham was from 1914 to 1916, the president of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, based in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]].<ref name=lahist/> He was also a director of Rotary International from 1930 to 1931.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:mEHruCyFK_YJ:www.rotaryfirst100.org/districts/districts/6860.htm+Claybrook+Cottingham+and+Rotary&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=Rotary District 6860|publisher=googleusercontent.org|accessdate=December 19, 2010}}</ref>​

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Lynn Edward May, Jr., wrote an unpublished dissertation on Cottingham entitled "Claybrook Cottingham: A Study of His Life and Work."<ref name=lahist/>​

Lynn Edward May, Jr., wrote an unpublished dissertation on Cottingham entitled "Claybrook Cottingham: A Study of His Life and Work."<ref name=lahist/>​