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President of Savannah State University
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Place of birth
Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, U.S.A.
Place of death
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, U.S.A.
Age
48 years
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Biography
Cyrus Gilbert Wiley (August 13, 1881 – January 3, 1930) served as president of Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth from 1921 and until 1926 succeeding Richard R. Wright.
Biography
Education
Wiley was a 1902 graduate of Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth.
President
Wiley succeeded Richard R. Wright as president of the college in 1921. During his term as president the first female students were admitted as boarding students on the campus. Additionally, the college was established as a federal agricultural extension center.
Legacy
The Willcox-Wiley Physical Education Complex, built in 1954 on the university's campus, is named in honor of Cyrus G. Wiley.
Suggested Reading
- Hall, Clyde W (1991). One Hundred Years of Educating at Savannah State College, 1890–1990. East Peoria, Ill.: Versa Press.
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