sentences:  Julian Ashby Burruss
  
  Julian Ashby Burruss (August 16, 1876 – January 4, 1947) was the first President of James Madison University, although at the time of his service the university was the State Normal and Industrial School for Women.His service began in 1908 and ended in 1919 when he left JMU to become the eighth President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.