predecessor successor death_place birth_place death_date title birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
james ferguson dowdell william leroy broun atlanta , georgia spencer county , kentucky 2 december 1902 president of the auburn university 11 november 1825 1872 isaac taylor tichenor.jpg isaac t. tichenor
 1881 isaac t. tichenor
isaac t. tichenor

isaac taylor tichenor -lrb- november 11 , 1825 -- december 2 , 1902 -rrb- was president of the agricultural and mechanical college of alabama , now known as auburn university , from 1872 to 1881 .
