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Julian Ashby Burruss, the first alumnus president, guided VPI through tremendous increases in faculty, student body, and degree offerings, vast growth in the physical plant, and efficient changes in administrative structure. He successfully pushed to admit women and shortened the military requirement to two years, setting the stage for a larger civilian student body during his tenure. Radford College became the women's division of VPI.
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