James Armour Lindsay: President 1946-1951
With the resignation of William Jesse Baird, the trustees appointed Dr. James Armour Lindsay as Berry's third president in July 1946. Lindsay was serving as principal of the Mount Berry School for Boys after teaching in the college's education department and seemed a logical choice to fill the role of president.
A native of Colorado, Lindsay received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Colorado and his doctorate in education administration from Columbia University in 1933. He also completed postdoctoral study at the University of Chicago. Lindsay came to Berry from Mississippi State College, where he taught in the education department. He had served as superintendent of public schools in Illinois, New Jersey and Colorado and as associate professor of education at the University of Alabama. His wife, Tullu Borden Lindsay, had an academic background in education and taught on the faculty at Berry.
During his tenure, Lindsay strengthened the teacher education program and established summer classes at the schools. In addition, he brought in notable speakers to help ease Berry's isolation from the outside world and implemented a campus newsletter to improve communication. Toward the end of the 1950-51 academic year, he requested a one-year leave of absence for continued study. He never returned to the school and was placed on inactive status in 1951. Dr. Lindsay died in 1954 while serving as a special consultant to the California State Department of Education.