Otis Arnold Singletary was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, October 31, 1921, and received a B.A. degree from Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, in 1947. He received a M.A. (1949) and a Ph.D. (1954) from Louisiana State University. Singletary taught with the LSU Extension Division (1949-1951), was instructor at the Navy Supply… Continue reading…
Gordon Williams Blackwell, son of a Baptist minister, was born on April 27, 1911 in Timmonsville, South Carolina but grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He graduated from Furman University in 1932 and went on to receive a M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1933) and… Continue reading…
William Whatley Pierson was born in Brundige, Alabama on November 30, 1890. He attended Alabama State Normal School where he received the Ph.B. degree in 1908. Afterwards he received the B.A. (1910) and M.A. (1911) from the University of Alabama. He also earned his M.A. (1912) and Ph.D. (1916) from… Continue reading…
Born in 1947, Linda P. Brady earned degrees in political science from Douglass College, the women’s division of Rutgers University (B.A., 1969), Rutgers University (M.A., 1970), and Ohio State University (Ph.D., 1974). After positions with the U.S. State Department and leadership roles at Georgia Tech, Oregon, and North Carolina State,… Continue reading…