John Stewart Bryan

Who was John Stewart Bryan?

John Stewart Bryan was the nineteenth president of the College of William and Mary, serving from 1934 to 1942. He also served as the fourth American chancellor of the College from 1942 to 1944. Prior to his service as president of the College of William and Mary, Bryan served as the publisher of Richmond Times-Dispatch and the president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. His papers from his service as president and chancellor of the College of William and Mary are held by the Special Collections Research Center at the College of William and Mary.