Word: augustas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...whom he served as chief of staff. Part Cherokee, he is a fearsome-looking, 220-pound six-footer with jet black hair and deep-set, piercing eyes. His history is as tough as his looks. Born the son of a bartender, he grew up in a tough section of Augusta, Ga., once beat up his school principal. At college (University of Georgia), he was a star tackle and baseball player, also made Phi Beta Kappa. After teaching at three other prep schools, he became Riverside's president in 1913. At first things went badly. By 1917 his school...