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 a young boy when his father relocated from the Galesburg, Illinois area to become the head of the Illinois Institute, which would later develop into Wheaton College.