John J. Tigert
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| United States Commissioner of Education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office June 2, 1921 – September 1, 1928 |
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Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge |
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| Preceded by | Philander Claxton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | William Cooper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
February 11, 1882 Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
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| Died | January 21, 1965 (aged 82) Gainesville, Florida, United States |
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| Spouse(s) | Edith Jackson Bristol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater |
Vanderbilt University Pembroke College, Oxford |
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| 1901–1903 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | Halfback, fullback |
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| 1910 | Kentucky Wesleyan |
| 1915–1916 | Kentucky |
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| 1913 | Kentucky |
| 1916–1917 | Kentucky |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1913–1917 | Kentucky |
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| All-Southern (1903) | |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1970 (profile) |
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John James Tigert, IV (February 11, 1882 – January 21, 1965) was an American university president, university professor and administrator, college sports coach and the U.S. Commissioner of Education. Tigert was a native of Tennessee and the son and grandson of Methodist bishops. After receiving his bachelor's degree, he earned his master's degree as a Rhodes Scholar.
After completing his education, Tigert taught at Central College; served as the president of Kentucky Wesleyan College; and worked as a professor, sports coach and administrator at the University of Kentucky.
Tigert gained his greatest national prominence as the U.S. Commissioner of Education from 1921 to 1928, and the third president of the University of Florida, from 1928 to 1947. He is remembered as a forceful advocate for American public education, intercollegiate sports and university curriculum reform.
Tigert was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1882, the third son of a Methodist Episcopal minister, John James Tigert, III, and his wife, Amelia McTyeire Tigert. Tigert received his primary education in the public schools of Kansas City, Missouri, and Nashville, and earned his high school diploma, with honors, from the Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee.
He was admitted to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity (Tennessee Alpha Chapter) and a standout athlete in baseball, basketball, football and track. His time at Vanderbilt overlaps with Grantland Rice. As a senior, Tigert was honored as an All-Southern halfback for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team. In his final game, he scored the first points netted all season against rival Sewanee.
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