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Acc. 1999.027 is confidential and restricted. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation:

Office of the President, Davis Y. Paschall Records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 1981.090 received from the President's Office on August 27, 1981; Acc. 1982.074 and Acc. 1999.027 received from President's Office on December 2, 1982.

Biographical Information:

Davis Young Paschall was the twenty-second president of William & Mary from August 16, 1960 until his retirement in August 1971. Paschall graduated from William & Mary in 1932 with a degree in history. While a student his activities included serving as treasurer of the Clayton-Grimes Biological Club (founded in 1921) in 1930-1931 (see the 1931 Colonial Echo). He earned master's degrees in history and government from William & Mary as well, and completed a doctorate in education at the University of Virginia. Upon enlisting in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he trained at the Virginia Military Institute and the Naval School of Communications at Harvard.

After the war, Paschall served as principal of the high school in Victoria, Virginia, and held a position in the state Department of Education, directing teacher education programs. In 1957, Gov. Thomas B. Stanley appointed Paschall as State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Virginia. Paschall resigned as Superintendent of Public Instruction in Virginia in 1960 to become the president at his alma mater. An ex officio member of the Board of Visitors of all state-supported colleges and universities in Virginia, Paschall was the recipient of many awards for service and dedication. They include the Alpha Beta Distinguished Service Award by the Division Superintendents of Virginia Public Schools in 1959, the William & Mary Society of the Alumni Medallion for Service in 1968, and the first William & Mary Omicron Delta Kappa Distinguished Lifetime Service Award in 1998. Paschall is also credited with establishing the Thomas Jefferson Award presented on Charter Day, and the Heritage Fellow Award - both of which recognize faculty excellence in teaching. Paschall died on October 25, 2001 at his home in Williamsburg at the age of 90.

Scope and Contents

This collection is composed of records from the Office of the President during the administration of Davis Young Paschall at William & Mary from 1960-1971. For the most part, headings assigned to folders in their office of origin have been maintained in the box list inventories available here.

Related Material

Davis Young Paschall Collection (UA 2.14); Office of the President. Thomas Ashley Graves, Jr. Records (UA 2.16);  A film of Paschall's inauguration can be found in the University Archives Audio-Visual Collection (UA 58, Acc. 1983.061); Photographs are available in the University Archives Photograph Collection (UA 8).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Associated and Branch Campuses--Christopher Newport College
• Associated and Branch Campuses--Richard Bland College
• Associated and Branch Campuses--Virginia Associated Research Campus
• College of William and Mary--History--20th century
• College of William and Mary. Board of Visitors
• College of William and Mary. College of Arts and Sciences
• College of William and Mary. Office of the President
• College of William and Mary. Swem Library
• Correspondence
• Eastern State Hospital (Va.)
• Graves, Thomas Ashley, Jr
• Marshall-Wythe School of Law
• Memorandums
• Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
• Paschall, Davis Young, 1911-2001
• Reports
• Self Study
• State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
• Summer sessions
• Virginia Institute of Marine Science