Jonathan Maxcy was an American Baptist minister and college president. He was the second president of Brown University, of which he was also a graduate; the third president of Union College; and the first president of the University of South Carolina.
Jonathan Maxcy
University of South Carolina
The University of South Carolina is a public research university in Columbia, South Carolina. It is the flagship of the University of South Carolina System and the largest university in the state by enrollment. Its main campus is on over 359 acres (145 ha) in downtown Columbia, close to the South Carolina State House. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities with Highest Research Activity". It houses the largest collection of Robert Burns and Scottish literature materials outside Scotland and the world's largest Ernest Hemingway collection.
The university's first president, Reverend Jonathan Maxcy
South Carolina College as it appeared in 1850 looking from College Street
The McKissick Museum sits prominently at the head of the USC Horseshoe
Built in 1909, Davis College was the university's first new building after the Civil War and currently houses the School of Library and Information Science
