Alabama Authors

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  • TAYLOR, CLEMENT ALLEN, 1900-

    Biography: Variously employed. Born– in 1900 in Pratt City, Ala. Parents– Belton O’Neil and Minnie Allen Taylor. Married–Violet Lawjeck, May 19, 1926.  At age of 12 worked as miner, later as soda jerk, garage mechanic, singer and actor on Broadway, in vaudeville, and on radio; actor in musical comedy in California in 1930; worked with U.S.…

  • PIGMAN, WILLIAM WARD, 1910-1977

    Biography; Chemist; college professor and administrator.  Born– March 5, 1910, Chicago, Illinois.  Parents– James Ward and Olga (Chapple) Pigman.  Married (1)–Alice Elizabeth Wolfe, June 6, 1933.  Children–three.  Married (2)– Gladys Lorraine Hargreaves, October 26, 1973.  Education–  B.S., 1932;  M.S., 1933, George Washington University; Ph. D. (chemistry), University of Maryland, 1936. Lalor Fellow at the University of…

  • HENRY, WAIGHTS GIBBS, JR., 1910-1989

    Biography: Methodist clergyman; college president. Born– February 13, 1910, Tuscaloosa. Parents– Waights Gibbs and Mary Elizabeth (Davis) Henry. Married– Minnie Lark Brown, February 16, 1935. Children– Three. Education– Emory University, 1927-1928; Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1930; Yale University, B.D., 1934. Assistant pastor, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1932-1936; joined North Georgia Conference of Methodist Church, 1936; ordained to…

  • MIXSON, JOHN LESLIE, 1897-1988

    Biography: Banker; genealogist. Born– Coffee County, Ala., April 2, 1897. Parents– William Thomas and Coral (Fuller) Mixson. Married– Grace Swanson, April 23, 1928. Children– Two. Education– Emory College, 1917-1918; University of Alabama, 1919. Employed, Elba Bank & Trust, 1920-1929; Bank of Thorsby, 1929-1938; Bank of Commerce, Clayton, 1938-1942; Bank of Ozark, 1942-1947; Bank of Dadeville,…

  • SNOW, DOROTHEA JOHNSTON, 1909-2007

    Biography: Educator, illustrator, writer. Born– Apr. 17, 1909, in McMinnville, Tenn. Parents– Fred Russell and Theresa Ella (Mosher) Johnston. Married– Clarence A. Snow in 1929. Children– One. Education– studied at Fort Wayne Art School and the Art Institute of Chicago. Illustrator for children’s magazine in Chicago; 5 years as art director in publishing company; art…

  • SNOW, DONALD MERRITT, 1943-

    Biography: Educator. Born– June 22, 1943, in Fort Wayne, Ind. Parents– Clarence A. and Dorothea (Johnston) Snow. Married– Donna Bock on May 30, 1969. Children– One. Education– University of Colorado, B.A., M.A.; Indiana University, Ph.D. Taught at University of Alabama 1969-2007; taught one year at Air University, Montgomery; guest lecturer at Air War College, Army…

  • SNAVELY, GUY EVERETT, 1881-1974

    Biography: Educator; college president. Born– Oct. 26, 1881, Antietam, Md. Parents– Charles G. and Emma (Rohrer) Snavely. Married– Ada Rittenhouse, 1905 (died 1949); married Louise Hutcheson, 1950; married Madelyn Hale, 1964. Children– Three. Education– Johns Hopkins University, A.B., 1901, Ph.D. , 1908. Registrar and professor of Romance Languages, Allegheny College, 1909-1919; dean and professor, Converse College (S.C.),…

  • FRENCH, ROBERT WARREN, 1911-1999

    Businessman, university professor, consultant. Born– May 8, 1911, South Bend, Ind. Parents– Robert Warren and Lura (Keller) French. Married– Dorothy Louise Smith, July 8, 1934 (died June 1990); married Nadene Shaner, January 2, 1993. Children– Two. Education– University of Michigan, A.B., 1932; M.A., 1933; Ph.D., 1937. Served as Brookings Institute fellow, 1934-1935; teaching fellow, 1935-1937.…

  • HEARD, GEORGE ALEXANDER, 1917-2009

    Biography: Professor, university administrator. Born– March 14, 1917, in Savannah, Ga. Parents– Richard Willis and Virginia Lord (Nesbet) Heard. Education– University of North Carolina, A.B., 1938; Columbia University, M.A., 1948; Ph.D., 1951. Married– Laura Jean Keller on June 17, 1949. Children– Four. Served as editor for the Historical Records Survey of Georgia, WPA, 1938-1939; research…

  • KELLER, HELEN ADAMS, 1880-1968

    Biography:  Author, lecturer, political activist. Born– June 27, 1880, Tuscumbia, Ala. Parents– Arthur H. and Kate (Adams) Keller. Early illness deprived her of sight and hearing before the age of two. Education– Tutored by Anne Sullivan Macy through childhood; attended the Perkins Institute for the Blind, Boston, 1888-94; Wright-Humason School and Horace Mann School, New…

  • ANDERSEN, INEZ ELLIOTT, 1899-1989

    Biography: Poet; teacher. Born– March 19, 1899, Leeds. Parents– James Barnett Collier and Ida Vann Elliott. Married– Holger W. Andersen. Children– One. Education– George Peabody College, B.S., M.A., 1936. Public school teacher in Birmingham, 1918-1920, 1924-1933, and 1935-1937; assistant director of curriculum in Birmingham Public Schools, 1935-1937; taught at Arkansas State University; Pan American College.…

  • BARTON, VIRGINIA ANN HOOPER, 1902-1994

    Biography: Music teacher. Born– November 7, 1902, Guntersville. Parents– Alexander and Lucinda Winston Hooper. Married– Dr. Bruce Barton. Children– Two. Education– attended University of Idaho. Employed with the Alabama Health Department for twenty-seven years; taught private lessons in piano for fifty years; organist at the First Methodist Church in Guntersville. State officer in the Alabama…

  • YEUELL, GLADSTONE HORACE, 1892-1966

    Biography: Teacher; school administrator; professor of education. Born– July 1, 1892, in Atwood, Ill. Parents– Claris and Ida (Davis) Yeuell. Married– Eugenia Osborn, May 17, 1918. Children– Three. Education– Alabama Presbyterian College, A.B., 1913; Bethany College, W. Va., M.A., 1916; University of Chicago, M.A. 1923; University of Cincinnati, Ph.D., 1928. School principal, Dayton, Abbeville, and…

  • WYATT, RUFUS R., 1857-1943

    Biography: Physician. Born– May 8, 1857, in Pickens County. Parents– Riley and Elvira Gholson Wyatt. Married– (1) Mamie C. Walker; (2) Rosa Maud Mims; (3) Lyda Lee Doss, November 24, 1897.  Education– attended local schools at Union Chapel and Pine Grove, AL.;  Read on his own while he worked at Bryan’s Store in Trinity, Mississippi, 1876-1881;  attended Louisville Medical College; graduated 1883.   Served as justice…

  • DYER, JOHN PERCY, 1902-1975

    Biography: Historian; university professor and administrator.  Born– June 24, 1902, New Albany, Miss. Parents– Walker Wadell and Clementine (Snipes) Dyer. Married– Frances Thaxton, 1925. Education– B.A., 1925; Peabody College, B.S., 1926; M.A., 1930; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1932. Taught at Florence State College, 1926-1932; University of Georgia in Atlanta, 1934-1936; Armstrong State College, 1936-1939; account executive…

  • WHEELER, JOSEPH, 1836-1906

    Biography: Soldier; businessman; congressman. Born– September 10, 1836, in Augusta, Ga. Parents– Joseph and Julia Knox (Hull) Wheeler. Married– Daniella Jones Sherrod, February 8, 1866. Children– Six. Education– U.S. Military Academy; graduated 1859; further instruction at the army cavalry school at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Commissioned second lieutenant in the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen and served at…

  • SMYTHE-HAITHE, MABEL MURPHY, 1918-2006

    Biography: Educator, diplomat. Born– Apr. 3, 1918, in Montgomery. Parents– Harry Saunders and Josephine (Dibble) Murphy. Married– Hugh H. Smythe in 1939 (died 1977). Children– One. Married– Robert Haithe, Jr. Education– attended Spelman College, 1933-36; Mount Holyoke College, A.B. 1937; Northwestern University, M.A., 1940; University of Wisconsin, Ph.D. 1942; further study at New York University. Taught at Lincoln…

  • SPRATLING, WILLIAM PHILIP, 1863-1915

    Biography: Physician specializing in the study and treatment of epilepsy. Born– Oct. 13, 1863, in Chambers Co., Ala. Parents– William Philip and Mary Ann Spratling. Married– Anna Gorton, 1901. Children– four. Education– attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute and Moos Business College (Atlanta); attended medical school at Vanderbilt University; College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, grad. 1886.…

  • SPRATLING, WILLIAM PHILIP, JR., 1900-1967

    Biography: Architect, silversmith; art teacher. Born– Sept. 22, 1900 in Sonyea, Livingston County, N.Y.; grew up in Auburn, Alabama. Parents– William Philip and Anna (Gorton) Spratling. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture; attended Beaux Art Institute, New York City, 1919. Taught architecture at Tulane University 1921-1929; National University of Mexico, 1927-1929;  moved to Mexico in…

  • SPENCER, SAMIA ISKANDER, 1943-

    Biography: Educator. Born– July 4, 1943 in Alexandria, Egypt. Parents– Samuel and Slange (Khalil) Iskander. Married– William Allen Spencer, June 8, 1969. Children– Two. Education– Alexandria University (Egypt), B.A.; University of Illinois, M.A., Ph.D. Secretary and general assistant to director U.S. Information Agency’s library in Alexandria, 1965-1968; World Health Organization in Alexandria, 1967-1968; teaching assistant…

  • SPRATT, ROBERT DAVIS, 1879-1950.

    Biography: Physician. Born–February 24, 1879 in Livingston, Ala. Parents– James Polk and Martha Alexander Beggs Spratt. Never married. Education– University of Alabama, A.B.; Tulane Medical University, M.D. Pracaticed medicine in Livingston; worked for the United States Public Health Service.  Died November 10, 1950. Publication(s): A History of the Town of Livingston, Alabama. Epes, Ala.; Sumter Co. Historical Society,…

  • STAFFO, DONALD, 1946-

    College professor; athletic director; sports journalist and author.  Born– November 4, 1946, Little Falls, NY.  Parents– Nicholas James and Pauline Logar Staffo.  Married– Marilyn Jeanne Rice, June 26, 1976.   Children– two.  Education–State University of New York at Brockport, B.S., 1968; Western Kentucky University, M.A., 1970; Ohio State University, Ph. D., 1978.  Coach and teacher of physical education,…

  • CARMICHAEL, JOHN LESLIE, 1897-1990

    Biography: Physician. Born– May 22, 1897, Goodwater. Parents– Daniel Monroe and Amanda (Lessley) Carmichael. Married– Grace Donald, April 28, 1928. Children– Five. Education– University of Alabama, A.B., 1916; Tulane University, M.D., 1924. Practiced in Fairfield; attending physician at Birmingham Baptist Hospital after 1927, and at St. Vincent’s from 1934 until his retirement. Professor of clinical…

  • BEDDOW, MARY ELIZABETH RUSSELL, 1865-1935.

    Biography: Housewife. Born– February 17, 1865, Winchester, Tenn. Parents– Aaron and Mary (McDonald) Russell.  Married– Charles Peter Beddow, November 6, 1881. Children– Seven. Education–attended Professor van Buren’s School, Chattanooga.  Lived in Birmingham.  Died June 24, 1935. Source: Dictionary of Alabama Biography; ancestry.com Publication(s): Oracle of Moccasin Bend. New York; The Neale Pub. Co., 1903.

  • CLARK, KATE UPSON, 1851-1935.

    Biography: Editor; journalist, author. Born– February 22, 1851, Camden. (Raised in Charlemont, Mass.) Parents– Edwin and Priscilla (Maxwell) Upson. Married– Edward Perkins Clark, January 1, 1874. Children– three. Education– Wheaton Female Seminary, Norton, Mass., 1869; Westfield Normal School, 1872. Taught in Cleveland, Ohio; edited the Springfield Republican and the New York Evening Post.  Contributed articles to…

  • SWARTZ, MIFFLIN WYATT, 1874-1964

    Biography: Educator. Born– Oct. 12, 1874 in Winchester, Va. Parents– Edward Pendleton and Laura Bertram (Clowe) Swartz. Married– Gertrude Dora (Hobbs) McBrian, May 22, 1902. Education– University of Virginia, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; studied at University of Chicago. Taught at Winchester, Va.; Ft. Worth, Tex.; Milwaukee (Wisc.) Academy; and at Millsaps College (Miss.); president of Woman’s…

  • YERBY, WILLIAM EDWARD WADSWORTH, 1864-1940.

    Biography: Lawyer, legislator. Born– October 10, 1864, in Greensboro, Ala. Parents– Miles Hassell and Susan Callie (Gibson) Yerby. Married– Mabel Taylor. Children– Two. Education– Southern University, Greensboro; studied printing, law. Published Greensboro Watchman, 1886-; president, Alabama Press Association 1901-1904. Admitted to bar, 1893; city attorney, councilman and mayor, Greensboro; state legislator. Died November 15, 1940.…

  • YENNI, JULIA TRUITT, 1913-2000.

    Biography: Author. Born– February 21, 1913, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents– William H. and Hallie Truitt Yenni. Married– Charles R. Hikes. Children– Two. Education– Lincoln Memorial University, Tenn.; Columbia University. Granddaughter of Julia Truitt Bishop, early Birmingham newspaperwoman; spent part of her childhood in Louisiana. Quit college when stock market crashed; worked in New York.  Dies…

  • YELVERTON, LOIS, 1893-1946

    Biography: Teacher; genealogist. Born September 22, 1893, in Ozark  Parents–James Oscar and Penny Parker Yelverton.  Lived in Montgomery, Ala. for 35 years. Taught for twelve years; genealogical research training, three years. Finished book for Herbert Bremerton Battle who died in 1929. Member– Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Alabama Anthropological Society.  Died…

  • WYETH, JOHN ALLEN, 1845-1922

    Biography: Physician; pioneer medical educator; author. Born– May 26, 1845, in Missionary Station, Marshall, Ala. Parents– Louis Weiss and Euphemia (Allen) Wyeth. Married– Florence Nightingale Sims, April 10, 1886. Children– Three. Married– Marguerite Chalifoux, November 15, 1918. Education– LaGrange Military Academy, Ala., 1861; University of Louisville, M.D., 1869; further studies with James M. Jackson, Guntersville; at…

  • XAN, ERNA OLESON, 1898-1990

    Biograhy: Journalist. Born– June 8, 1898, in Oshkosh, Wis. Parents– John H. and Thurine (Olson) Oleson. Married– John Xan, September 2, 1922. Children– One. Education– Battle Creek College, A.B., 1930; University of Michigan, M.A., 1946. Taught country schools in Wisconsin;  Secretary, Ernst & Ernst, Chicago; Pittsburgh Piping & Equipment Co., Chicago, 1918-1936. Taught at Howard…

  • WYNN, DANIEL WEBSTER, 1919-1983

    Biography: Clergyman; college professor; chaplain; administrator. Born– March 19, 1919, in Wewoka, Okla. Parents– Phay Willie and Mary (Carter) Wynn. Married– Lillian Robinson. Children– Two. Education– Langston University, A.B., 1941; Howard University, B.D. 1944, A.M. 1945; Boston University, Ph.D., 1950. Colorado College; Hebrew University, Israel; University of Oklahoma.  Taught at Kentucky State College, 1945-1946; Bishop…

  • WYATT, THOMAS EUGENE, 1896-1974

    Biography: Newspaper publisher.  Born– May 8, 1896, in Chilton County. Parents– James R. and Phairnibac (Robinson) Wyatt. Married– Alpha Inez Cagle. Married– Alma Foshee. Children– Two. Printer’s devil, Union Banner, in Clanton, at 14; purchased half interest, 1917; purchased other half, 1936; owner and publisher until his death in 1974. Member– American Legion, Republican Party.  Died…

  • WUEHRMAN, ARTHUR, H., 1914-2005

    Biography: Dentist; professor of dentistry. Born– January 20, 1914, in Bayonne, N.J. Parents– Henry and Anna Wuehrman. Education– Tufts University, D.M.D., 1937; A.M. 1960. Taught at School of Dental Medicine, Tufts University, 1936-1961; University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1961-.  Died September 7, 2005. Source: American Men and Women of Science. Publication(s): Radiation Protection and Dentistry. St.…

  • WHITMAN, WILLIAM TATE, 1909-2003.

    Biography: Economist; college professor. Born– October 26, 1909, in Boaz, Ala. Parents– Edward Fenno and Jane Moore (Street) Whitman. Married– Luisita Dye on August 12, 1936. Children– Two. Education– Duke University, B.A., 1929, M.A., 1933, Ph.D., 1943. Taught at Citadel (1936-47), Duke(1939-40), Emory(1950-1978). Visiting professor, Davidson College. Member– American Economic Association, Southern Economic Association, Industrial…

  • WHITING, KENNETH R., 1913-1993

    Biography: Military analyst; professor. Born– February 23, 1913, in Somerville, Mass. Parents– Oscar R. and Mary Ann (Morrison) Whiting. Married– Alice Mary Sexton in September 1940. Education– Boston University, B.A., 1940; UCLA, M.A., 1941; Harvard, Ph.D., 1951. Taught at Tufts University, 1948-1950;  Research Associate, Air University, 1951-; George Washington University at Air University, 1961-.  Died…

  • WHITE, HALLIE CANTRELL, 1893-1977.

    Biography: Businesswoman; genealogist. Born– March 21, 1893. Parents– Toulous Polk and Octavia Emaline (Patterson) Cantrell. Married– Ernest White on November 15, 1920. Children– Four. Operator, White Printing Company, Huntsville, Ala., 1929-1960. Member– United Daughters of the Confederacy, Daughters of the American Revolution, Altrusa Club, Twickenham Study Club, Alabama Society.  Died ctober 29, 1977. Source: White-Cantrell…

  • WHEELER, JESSE HARRISON, JR., 1918-1994

    Biography: College professor. Born– November 24, 1918, in Scottsboro, Ala. Parents– Jesse Harrison and Lucy (Enochs) Wheeler. Married– Margery Ellen Gary on October 3, 1943. Children– Three. Education– Auburn University, B.S. 1939, M.S., 1941; University of Chicago, Ph.D., 1950. Taught at Boys High School, Atlanta, 1940-1941; University of Missouri, 1949-. Served in U.S. Army, 1941-1946.…

  • WHEELER, HARRY EDGAR, 1874-1958

    Biography: Methodist clergyman; naturalist; museum curator. Born– March 18, 1874, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents– J. Henry and Adelaide Lucia Bliss Wheeler. Married– Annie Lee Warren. Children– Five. Education– Lehigh University; Southeastern University; Vanderbilt University. Ordained Methodist minister, 1896; served churches in Alabama and Arkansas. Worked in Field Museum, Chicago, 1924-; Alabama Museum of Natural History,…

  • WHEELER, CINDY, 1955-

    Biography: Children’s author. Born– May 17,1955 in Montgomery, Ala. Parents– Kenneth Bradford and Joanne Dingus Wheeler.  Married Robert Patrick Lee, July 26, 1980.  Children–three. Education– Auburn University, B.F.A., 1977.  Children’s book buyer, Zibart’s Bookstore, Nashville, 1977-78; executive secretary, Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1977-80; freelance illustrator, designer and writer, 1980-84; Assistant to Art Director, Lothrop, Lee…

  • PEARSON, ANLOUISA, 1898-1967.

    Biography: Poet. Born– November 29, 1898. Autauga county. Parents– Albert Augustus and Mary Catherine (Hicks) Pearson. Education– Select School for Girls and Women’s College in Montgomery. Early poetry appeared in Southern newspapers and the New York Sun.  Died May 23, 1967. Source: Who Was Who Among North American Authors. Publication(s): Just Life (poems). Autaugaville, Ala.;…

  • PEARSON, ALLEN MOBLEY, 1909-1999.

    Biography: Biologist, extension specialist, university professor. Born– January 14, 1909. Parents– R.G. and Selma Bowling Pearson. Married– Mary Elizabeth Duncan. Children– One. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1931; M.S.; Ph.D., Iowa State, 1936. Employed by the Soil Conservation Service, U.S.D.A., 1935-1937; associate specialist at Auburn University, 1943-1971. Named emeritus professor at Auburn in 1972. Member…

  • PATRICK, WALTON RICHARD, 1909-1986

    Biography: University professor; literary scholar. Born– September 9, 1909, Collins, Miss. Parents– John R. and Annie Elizabeth (Welch) Patrick. Married– Miriam Morris Farriday, August 28, 1937. Education– Mississippi State University, B.S., 1933; Louisiana State University, M.A., 1934; Ph.D., 1937; Ford Foundation Fellowship at Columbia University, 1953-1954. Taught at Louisiana State; professor and department head at…

  • PATRICK, LUTHER, 1891-1957

    Biography: Attorney, congressman, radio commentator. Born– January 23, 1891, Morgan County. Parents– Frank R. and Nancy Lucretia (Cobbs) Patrick. Education– Attended the University of Alabama, Purdue University, and Louisiana State University (electrical engineering); University of Alabama Law School, 1918. Served in U.S. Army, 1919. Admitted to the Alabama Bar in 1919. Served as city attorney…

  • WELLS, GLENN L., 1908-1989

    Biography: Businessman. Born– August 12, 1908, in Dadeville, Ala. Parents– Louis E. and Blanche Dowling Wells. Married– Dorothy McGee, June 23, 1940. Children– Two. Education– University of Alabama, 1925-1927. Worked for Standard Oil Company, Jacksonville, Fla., 1933-1943; L. W. Wells Company, Ozark, 1943-1961; Parker-Wells Agency, Ozark, 1961-. Awarded Silver Beaver, Boy Scouts of America. Chairman,…

  • WELKER, ROBERT LOUIS, 1924-2008

    Biography: College professor.. Born– June 26, 1924, in Clarksville, Tenn. Parents– George Thomas and Emma (Wickham) Welker. Education– Austin Peay State University; University of Connecticut, B.A., 1944; Peabody College, M.A., 1948; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1952. Taught at Vanderbilt, 1955-1956, 1957-1964; University of Alabama, Huntsville, 1964-1985; founder and first chair of UAH English Department. Member– American…

  • WEIL, ADELE KAHN, 1872-1962

    Biography: Born– November 4, 1873, in Montgomery, Ala. Parents– Maurice and Pauline (Mendelson) Kahn. Married– Sidney K. Weil, November 22, 1898. Children– Two. Education– Schools in Montgomery; Bartholomew’s Private School, Cincinnati. Member– Sidney Lanier School Improvement Association, Sewing Circle, Bridge Club, Sesame Club. Died June 5, 1962. Source: Woman’s Who’s Who of America. Joint Publication(s):…

  • WEEKS, GRACE EZELL, 1923-

    Biography: College professor. Born– March 3, 1923, in Clanton, Ala. Parents– Samuel Jones and Grace (Hicks) Ezell. Married– Arthur A. Weeks, March 22, 1943. Children– Three. Married– Francisco Marquez, March 26, 1974. Education– Samford University, A.B., 1942; University of North Carolina, M.A., 1945; Inter-American University, Ph.D., 1964. Taught English at Samford Unversity, 1945-1947; English and…

  • WATKINS, LEVI, 1911-1994

    Biography: Teacher; academic administrator; college president. Born– January 15, 1911. Parents Adam and Sallie Emma (Darden) Watkins. Married– Lillian Bernice Vernado. Children– Six. Education– Tennessee State University, B.S., 1933; Northwestern University, M.S., 1940; Arkansas Baptist College, LL.D., 1958; Alabama State University, LL.D., 1974. Taught in Winchester, Tenn., 1933-1934; assistant superintendent, Hopkinsville, Ky.; assistant principal, Burt…

  • WARD, ROBERT DAVID, 1929-2005

    Biography: Historian; college professor.  Born– February 15, 1929, in Montevallo, Ala. Parents– James Skillman Ward and Lillian Kiber Ward.  Married– Jane Harless, August 19, 1950.  Children–four.  Education– Auburn University B.S., 1950, M.S., 1951; University of North Carolina, Ph.D., 1957. Taught at Georgia Southern College, 1955-19; head History Dept., 1969-1971. Member– Southern Historical Association, American Military…