BJU Comes to Town

Bob Jones University Comes to Town

Learn how a tiny college founded by an Alabama evangelist went bankrupt in Florida, prospered in Eastern Tennessee, and became the third-largest college in South Carolina when it moved to Greenville in 1947.

Speaker: John Matzko is a longtime Bob Jones University historian, archivist, and former chair of the Division of History, Government, and Social Science. A BJU graduate, he earned advanced degrees from the University of Cincinnati and the University of Virginia. He specializes in American legal history and has taught at BJU since 1972.

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Host or Publisher Greenville County Historical Society Fall Meeting