Stephen W. Paine served as president of the college for thirty-five years. He taught classical languages in addition to his
duties as president. When he became president in 1937 he was twenty-eight years old, making him the youngest head of a college in
the U.S. at the time.The Ortlip family is responsible for most of the artistic heritage of the college. H. Willard Ortlip was a benefactor of the
college, and together with his daugher Aimee was responsible for the historic mural in the foyer of the campus chapel. Several
Ortlip family members have taught art and painting at the college over the years, and the new art gallery on campus is named for
the Ortlips.