G. Earl Guinn
| George Earl Guinn | |
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| 5th President of Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana | |
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In office 1951 – July 1, 1975 |
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| Preceded by | Edgar Godbold |
| Succeeded by | Robert L. Lynn |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 21, 1912 Polk County, Tennessee, USA |
| Died | June 7, 2004 (aged 91) Alexandria, Rapides Parish |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Ball, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Gail Holmes Guinn (died 1969) |
| Alma mater |
Louisiana College |
| Occupation | College president and clergyman |
(1) Gail Holmes Guinn (died 1969)
Louisiana College
George Earl Guinn, known as G. Earl Guinn (August 21, 1912 – June 7, 2004), was from 1951 to 1975 the fifth president of Southern Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana.
Guinn was the youngest of six children of Mr. and Mrs. John Guinn; his father (1872-1920) was born and died in Polk County, Tennessee. Guinn graduated from LC in 1937 and was the first LC president to have been an alumnus of the institution. He obtained his doctorate from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to his appointment as the LC president in the summer of 1951, Guinn had been a pastor in several Southern Baptist churches, including First Baptist in Bossier City, Louisiana, and had been an associate professor of theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.
Guinn launched the first construction program since the founding of Louisiana College in 1906. In 1953, Simon W. Tudor of Pineville donated twenty-seven acres of additional land to the college. Projects completed under Guinn were the Warner Cottage and the Morgan Walker Student Center (since the Hixson Center), named for Morgan W. Walker, Sr., the founder of what became Continental Trailways. A two-story presidents house was constructed in 1956; it is now the Robert L. and Bonnie Lynn Alumni and Development Center named for Guinn's successor as president, Robert L. Lynn and Lynn's wife, Dr. Bonnie Moore Lynn.
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