Dodd College

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Dodd College is located in Shreveport
Dodd College
Location within Shreveport
Location601 Ockley Drive, Shreveport, Louisiana
Coordinates 32°28′07″N 93°44′32″W / 32.4686111°N 93.742222°W / 32.4686111; -93.742222
Built1928 (1928)
ArchitectClarence W. King
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.82002758
Added to NRHPJuly 22, 1982

Dodd College was a private junior college for women located in Shreveport, Louisiana. It was founded in 1927 by Monroe E. Dodd, a radio preacher who headed the Southern Baptist Convention from 1934 to 1935. Dodd College closed in 1942. The college had a chapter of Sigma Iota Chi sorority.

Among the chairmen of the trustees was W. Scott Wilkinson, a Shreveport lawyer who served in the state House from 1920 to 1924.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dodd College". Read the Plaque. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
  2. ↑ Blackwell, Brian (June 10, 2023). "M.E. Dodd: Father of Cooperative Program was a committed soul winner, SBC leader". Baptist Message. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
  3. ↑ Carroll Lurding; Fran Becque, eds. (July 11, 2025). "Inactive Women's Organizations: Sigma Iota Chi" (PDF). Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved October 16, 2025 – via University Library: Student Life and Culture Archives.
  4. ↑ "The Wilkinson Family". WordPress. Retrieved August 25, 2014.