Dougherty, Blanford Barnard, 1870-1957
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Dr. Blanford Barnard Dougherty and his older brother Dauphin Disco founded Appalachian State University as Watauga Academy in 1899. He lobbied to equalize North Carolina public school laws and school allotments and worked as Watauga County's Superintendent. He helped write the 1929 Hancock School Bill, which established an equitable state system of public schools in North Carolina. He retired as Appalachian's president in 1955 and died in 1957.
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