EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Lexington, KY

Founding Date:
1780

Motto:
Lumine Illo Tradimus Lumen

Team:
Pioneers

Enrollment:
1100

Official Website:
http://www.transy.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Rice Atchison	Politician	11-Aug-1807	26-Jan-1886	US Senator from Missouri, 1843-55
Stephen Fuller Austin	Politician	3-Nov-1793	27-Dec-1836	Texan secessionist
Ned Beatty	Actor	6-Jul-1937		Deliverance
Richard B. Berman	Activist	c. 1942		Astroturf spindoctor
F. Preston Blair	Journalist	12-Apr-1791	18-Apr-1876	Blair House
Montgomery Blair	Attorney	10-May-1813	27-Jul-1883	Dred Scott's lawyer
John C. Breckinridge	Politician	21-Jan-1821	17-May-1875	James Buchanan's Vice President
B. Gratz Brown	Politician	28-May-1826	13-Dec-1885	Governor and Senator from Missouri
Albert "Happy" Chandler	Politician	14-Jul-1898	15-Jun-1991	Kentucky Governor, Baseball Commissioner
Cassius Marcellus Clay	Politician	19-Oct-1810	22-Jul-1903	Kentucky anti-slavery advocate
Jefferson Davis	Head of State	3-Jun-1808	6-Dec-1889	President of the Confederacy
James Pollard Espy	Scientist	9-May-1785	24-Jan-1860	The Philosophy of Storms
William M. Gwin	Politician	9-Oct-1805	3-Sep-1885	US Senator from California
Edward A. Hannegan	Politician	25-Jun-1807	25-Feb-1859	US Senator, committed suicide
John Marshall Harlan	Judge	1-Jun-1833	14-Oct-1911	US Supreme Court Justice, 1877-1911
Richard Mentor Johnson	Politician	17-Oct-1780	19-Nov-1850	9th Vice President of the US
Albert Sidney Johnston	Military	2-Feb-1803	6-Apr-1862	Confederate General felled at Shiloh
Samuel Freeman Miller	Judge	5-Apr-1816	13-Oct-1890	US Supreme Court Justice, 1862-90
Daniel Mongiardo	Politician	4-Jul-1960		Lt. Governor of Kentucky

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Albert "Happy" Chandler	Politician	14-Jul-1898	15-Jun-1991	Kentucky Governor, Baseball Commissioner
William S. Farish	Business	17-Mar-1939		W.S. Farish & Co.
John R. Hall	Business	c. 1933		CEO of Ashland, 1981-96
Laban P. Jackson, Jr.	Business	c. 1943		Clear Creek Properties
Isaac Shelby	Military	11-Dec-1750	18-Jul-1826	Twice Governor of Kentucky

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