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Founded by James Lide Coker in 1908.1
Coker University began in 1894 as "Welsh Neck High School", founded by a local businessman and American Civil War veteran, Major James Lide Coker. In 1908, when South Carolina created a statewide public school system, Coker led the effort to convert the school to "Coker College for Women". Davidson Hall and Memorial Hall are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Coker was once affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention, but has been non-denominational since 1944. It officially became co-educational in 1969, although men had attended since World War II's end.
The South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics was located on the Coker campus from its founding in 1988 until 2003 when it moved to a purpose-built campus nearby.
Effective July 1, 2019, Coker College adopted the name Coker University.
Presidents
James Lide Coker
E. V. Baldy (1909–1911)
Arthur Jackson Hall (1911–1914)
Howard Lee Jones (1914–1915)
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E. Walter Sikes (1916–1925)
Carlyle Campbell (1925–1936)
C. Sylvester Green (1936–1944)
Donald C. Agnew (1944–1952)
Joseph C. Robert (1952–1955)
John A. Barry, Jr. (1955–1959)
Fenton Keyes (1960–1968)
Wilfrid H. Callcott (1968–1969)
Gus Turbeville (1969–1974)
C. Hilburn Womble (1975–1980)
James D. Daniels (1981–2002)
B. James Dawson (2002–2009)
Robert L. Wyatt (2009–2019)
Natalie Harder (2020- )
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