Named after the King of Sardinia, Charles Albert Blanchard was ten years old when his father left the Galesburg, Illinois area to assume the presidency of the Illinois Institute, which was soon to become Wheaton College.
Charles Albert Blanchard, named after the King of Sardinia, was just ten years old when his father moved away from their home in Galesburg, Illinois to take charge as president at the Illinois Institute, which eventually became Wheaton College.