He also made sure during his years as president that the traditionally black college admitted its first white student.
Some colleges have already admitted 30 to 40 percent of their next classes.
The college admits 240 students with 60 students in each school.
In the most recent round, the college admitted about half of 151 applicants.
The college initially only admitted men, but has been mixed since 1984.
The college admitted girls and so became co-educational in 1993.
In 1897 the colleges admitted female students for the first time.
The college admits 270 pupils each year and has nearly 200 in the sixth form.
The college first admitted women as fellows and students in 1979.
Even though he had dropped out of high school back in Indiana, the college admitted him.