S. Justus McKinley was the sixth president of Emerson College, serving from
1953 to 1967. The period immediately preceeding McKinley's tenure as president was a tumultuous one for
the College. A leadership vacuum developed after Green's departure and a financial crisis threatened to
push the college to merge with another institution or cease operations altogether. Instead, Emerson
called McKinley, who had previously taught History at the College, to return to serve as the sixth president.
McKinley's tenure was characterized by stability and by steady growth of the study body and the campus
facilities. [84395]
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