page_title: Roanoke College
section_title: Leaders
hierarchical_section_title: Roanoke College / History / Leaders
caption_attribution_description: English: David Bittle, the first President of Roanoke College. The photo was taken more than 100 years ago. It is of a person who died more than 100 years ago.
context_page_description: Roanoke College is a private liberal arts college in Salem, Virginia. It has approximately 2,000 students who represent approximately 40 states and 30 countries. The college offers 35 majors, 57 minors and concentrations, and pre-professional programs. Roanoke awards bachelor's degrees in arts, science, and business administration and is one of 280 colleges with a chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
  Roanoke is an NCAA Division III school competing in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The college fields varsity teams in nine men's and ten women's sports. Roanoke's athletic nickname is Maroons and the mascot is Rooney, a maroon-tailed hawk.
caption: David F. Bittle, first Principal of Virginia Institute and first President of Roanoke College
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