Journalist, Editor, writer, instructor. Born: 12/23/46 Mobile, AL. Parents: Walter Frye, Sr., and Helen Amante Gaillard (maiden name, Toulmin) . Education: Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1968.. Married: Rosemary Peduzzi (divorced, 1981). Children: 2. Rachel Amante, Tracy Moore. Married: Nancy Thomas (06/04/88).
Source: Contemporary Authors Online, The Gale Group, 1999.
Publication(s):
Watermelon Wine: The Spirit of Country Music. St. Martin's, 1978
Race, Rock and Religion. East Woods Press, 1982
The Unfinished Presidency: Essays on Jimmy Carter. Wingate College Press, 1986
The Dream Long Deferred. University of North Carolina Press, 1988
The Secret Diary of Mikhail Gorbachev. Longstreet Press, 1991
If I were a Carpenter: Twenty Years of Habitat for Humanity B.J. Blair, 1996.
As Long As the Waters Flow: Native American in the South and the East. John F. Blair, 1998.
The Unfinished Presidency.
Carmel Country Club: the First 50 Years. Charlotte, NC: The Club, 1997.
The Heart of Dixie. Down Home Press, 1996.
Indians in Revolt -- 1970. Nashville: Race Relations Information Center, 1970.
Trapping Time Between the Branches: an Anthology from Charlotte Poets . (editor). Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1993.
The way we see it: documentary photography. (contributor). Down Home Press, 1995.
The 521 All-Stars: a Championship Story of Baseball and Community. (text). Black Belt Press, 1999.
Joint Author:
Southern Voices. Down Home Press, 1991
Kyle at 200 M.P.H.: A Sizzling Season in the Petty NASCAR Dynasty. St. Martin's, 1993
The Catawba River. Gardner-Webb College Press, 1983.
Lessons from the Big House: one Family's passage through the History of the South: a Memoir. Down Home Press, 1994.
Mobile and the Eastern Shore. Dover, N.H.: Arcadia, 1997.
Spacechimp: NASA's Ape in Space Enslow Publishers, 2000.
Contributor: I Dream so Wildly: an Anthology of Children's Poetry. (editor). Briarpatch Press, 1986
No Hiding Place: Uncovering the legacy of Charlotte-are Writers. (editor). Down Home Press, 1999.
GAINES, MARION TOULMIN, 1869-1955
Physician, professor of medicine. Born: July 12, 1869, Mobile. Parents: Aristide and Amante (Gaines) Hamelin. Adopted by grandparents, Edmund Pendleton and Mary Jane (Toulmin) Gaines. Married: Augusta Brooks Henry, April 25, 1896. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, degrees in pharmacy and medicine, 1890. Intern, City Hospital of Mobile; assistant surgeon at New Orleans U.S. Marine Hospital during yellow fever epidemic of 1897; practiced medicine, 1904-; during World War I, served as Captain, Medical Corps, Camp Severe, S.C.; after war, practiced medicine in Mobile; served fifteen years as member of Mobile County Board of Health; professor of pathology and dermatology, Mobile Medical Department of the University of Alabama. Member, American, Southern, and Alabama Medical Associations; Mobile County Medical Society.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama.
Author: Mobile: West Florida to Alabama. Mobile, Ala.: Rapier House, 1952.
GAINES, PATRICIA ELISOR
Painter, craftsperson, beauty queen. Parent: Rev. Thaddeus Ellisor. Married: Garles Gaines, III. Children: Three. Education: Birmingham Southern College, bachelor degree; University of Georgia, M.F.A. Alternate Miss Alabama, 1961; Colony fellow; showings of paintings in Birmingham, New York, and Boston. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History and jacket of Soft.
Author: The Fabric Decoration Book. New York: Morrow, 1975.
Soft: an Irresistible Collection of Pillows, Toys, Bags, Objects to Sit on, Ornaments for the Body, and Various Malleable Oddities and How to Make Them. New York: Morrow, 1977.
GAITHER, FRANCES ORMOND JONES, 1889-1955
Writer. Born: May 21, 1889, in Sommerville, Tenn. Parents: Paul Tudor and Annie (Smith) Jones. Married: Rice Gaither on April 25, 1912. Lived in Fairhope, Ala. Education: Graduate of Mississippi State College for Women; served as student body president. Wrote children's books during the 1930s; adult fiction in the 1940s. Double Muscadine, Book-of-the-Month Club selection, 1949.
Source: Bain's Southern Writers: a Biographical Dictionary, 1979.
Author: Double Muscadine. New York: Macmillan, 1949,
The Fatal River, the Life and Death of LaSalle. New York: H. Holt Co., 1931.
Follow the Drinking Gourd. New York: Macmillan, 1940.
Little Miss Capo. New York: Macmillan, 1937.
The Pageant of Columbus with a Masques of I.I.&C. Columbus, Miss.: Mississippi Industrial Institute and College, 1915.
The Painted Arrow. New York: Macmillan, 1937.
The Red Cock Crows. New York: Macmillan, 1944.
The Scarlet Coat. New York: Macmillan, 1934.
The Shadow of the Builder. Charlottesville, Va.: Arundel Co. Inc., 1921.
Shores of Happiness: a Pageant .... Charlottesville, Va.: F.J.O. Gaither, 1919.
GALLAGHER, BUELL GORDON, 1904-1979
Educator, clergyman. Born: February 4, 1904, in Rankin, Ill. Parents: Elmer and Elma Mryel (Poole) Gallagher. Education: Carleton College, B.A., 1925; Union Theological Seminary, B.D., 1929; Columbia University, Ph.D., 1929; London School of Economics. Honorary LL.D. degrees from Doane College (1953); Columbia University, Lincoln University, Brandeis University (1954); Carleton College (1954); Hebrew University (1961); Tuskegee Institute (1963); L.H.D. degrees from Wagner College (1954); Moravian College (1958); Adelphi College (1966); Alfred University and Iona College (1957); Arkon University (1970); City College of City University of New York (1972); Talladega College (1973); honorary Litt. D., University of Cincinnati (1957); honorary P.D. degrees from Oberlin College (1943); Pacific School of Religion (1970). Pastored several Congregational Churches; president Talladega College, 1933-1943; City University of New York, 1952-1961 and 1962-1969; chancellor, California State Colleges, 1961-1962. Member of the board for Manhattonville Community Centers, Herman Muehlstein Foundation, and Union Theological Seminary.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 65.
Author: American Caste and the Negro College. New York: Columbia University Press, 1938.
College and the Black Student: NAACP Tracts for the Times. New York: NAACP, 1946.
Color and Conscience: the Irrepressible Conflict. New York: Harper & Row, 1946.
The Federal Government and the Higher Education of the Deaf. Washington, D.C.: s.n., 1949.
Portrait of a Pilgrim: a Search for the Christian Way in Race Relations. New York: Friendship Press, 1946.
A Preface to the Study of Utopias. Yellow Springs, Ohio: Antioch Press, 1960.
Editor: Campus in Crisis. New York: Harper & Row, 1974.
GALLALEE, JACK C., 1918-
Lawyer, legislator. Born: August 13, 1918, at Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Parents: John M. and Lua V. (Caulkins) Gallalee. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1939; LL.B., 1941. Married: Jeppie Adams (Mobile) on March 17, 1951. Children: Two. Practiced law in Mobile with the firm of Caffey, Gallalee and Eddington. Served in U.S. Army, 1941-1946 and 1950-1951. Member of Alabama House of Representatives, 1950-1954. Member of the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners, Mobile Symphony Directors, Estate Planning Council of Mobile, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Mobile County Bar Association, Wildlife and Conservation Association.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. II.
Author: Jubilees. Mobile, Ala.: J. C. Gallalee, 1973.
GALLANT, THOMAS GRADY, 1920-
Journalist. Born: June 14, 1920, Gadsden. Parents: Thomas Grady and Louise (Ralls) Gallant. Married: Michael Ann Snider, March 18, 1946. Children: Three. Education: Studied at Emory University, 1939-1941, 1946-1947. Served in U.S. Marine Corps, 1941-1945. Editor, Cleveland, Tenn. Daily Banner, 1947-1948; reporter, Chattanooga News/Free Press, 1948-1963; columnist, Chattanooga Post, 1966-1970; information officer, Tennessee Office of the Comptroller and Treasury, Nashville, 1974; publicity director, Cherokee, N.C., Historical Association, 1959- 1961. Member, Museum Advisory Panel for Tennessee Arts Commission, 1974.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1976.
Author: The Friendly Dead. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1964.
Valor's Side. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1963.
GALLAWAY, MARIAN, 1903-
Professor, theatre director. Born: March 1, 1903, in Savannah, Ga. Parents: Herman W. and Mattie (Wilfert) Hesse. Education: Goucher College, 1921-1924; University of Michigan, A.B., 1925; M.A., 1924; State University of Iowa, Ph.D., 1941. Director of Cedar Rapids, Ia., Community Plays, 1935; taught at Arizona State College, 1942-1944; Eastern Illinois State College, 1944-1946; State University of Iowa, 1946-1948; University of Alabama, 1948- 1973; as professor of speech and director of the University Theatre.
Source: Biographical Encyclopedia and Who's Who of American Theatre; Directory of American Scholars, 1974; Notables in the American Theatre.
Author: Constructing a Play. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice- Hall, 1950.
The Director in the Theatre. New York: Macmillan, 1963.
GAMBLE, Michael W., 1943- .
Born: 10/12/43 Huntsville, AL. Education: Graduate (PhD) New York University.
Publication(s): Clare Tree Major: children's theatre, 1923-1954. Gamble, 1976.
GAMBLE, ROBERT S.
Preservationist. Education: Birmingham Southern College, B.S., University of Georgia, M.A. Worked in National Preservation Office of Dominican Republic for two and one-half years while serving in Peace Corps; worked with U.S. National Register of Historic Places and with the Federal Preservation Program after 1969; architectural historian.
Source: SCRIPSIT, University of Alabama Libraries files.
Author: The Alabama Catalog: Historic American Buildings Survey: a Guide to the Early Architecture of the State. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1987.
Historic Architecture In Alabama: a Primer of Styles and Types, 1810-1930. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1990.
Puerto Plata, la Conservacion de una Ciudad: Inventario. Santo Domingo: Editora Alfa y Omega, 1978.
Sully: the Biography of a House. Chantilly, Va.: Sully Foundation, 1974.
Joint Author: The Alabama State Capitol: Architectural History of the Capitol Interiors. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Historical Commission, 1984.
Restoration of the Alabama State Capitol: an Historical Perspective for Renovation and Restoration of the Interior. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Historical Commission, 1983.
GANDRUD, PAULINE JONES, 1904-
Historian, genealogist. Born: May 9, 1904, Huntsville. Parents: George Walter and Evalena (Moore) Jones. Married: Bennie William Gandrud, November 29, 1930. Children: One. Education: Study at Peabody Conservatory, 1922-1924. Kathleen Pauline Jones began compiling a genealogy at seventeen. After her marriage, continued compiling and indexing the Alabama marriage, cemetery, court, and other records comprising the 245 volumes which were sold in typescript for years before their publication.
Source: Tuscaloosa News, November 6, 1977.
Compiler: Marriage, Death, and Legal Notices from Early Alabama Newspapers, 1819-1893. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1981.
Contributor: Alabama Records. 245 vols. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Typescript by compilers, 1969-1976. (Published by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC, 1980-.)
Transcribed and indexed:
Marriage Records of Bibb County, Ala. 1820-1960. Memphis: Milestone Press, 1969.
Marriage Records of Greene County, Ala. 1823-1860. Memphis: Milestone Press, 1969.
Marriage Records of Jefferson County, Ala. 1818-1864. Memphis: Milestone Press, 1979.
Marriage Records of Marengo County, Ala. 1817-1850. Memphis: Milestone Press, 1970.
Marriage Records of Montgomery County, Ala. 1817-1850. Memphis: Milestone Press, 1973.
Marriage Records of Tuscaloosa County, Ala. 1823-1860. Memphis: Milestone Press, 1968.
GANDY, CHARLES D.
Joint Publication(s): Contemporary classics: furniture of the masters McGraw-Hill, 1981.
GANEY, JOSEPH SAMUEL, 1880-
Educator. Born: December 5, 1880, Rosehill vicinity, Covington County. Parents: Daniel Hansome and Elefare (Parish) Ganey. Married: Julia Gertrude David, July 3, 1907. Children: One. Education: Troy State Normal College, Ph.B., 1907; study at University of Virginia, 1910-1911. Teacher in Covington County; superintendent of Dadeville schools, 1907-1909; principal, Tallapoosa High School; principal, Northside High School, Talladega; principal, Alabama School for the Blind, Talladega, 1914-1938; superintendent of that school, 1938 until his retirement in 1946. President, American Association of Institutions for the Blind. Honors: Howard College, LL.D., 1939.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama.
Author: A Historical Sketch of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. Talladega, Ala.: Printed by the Pupils of the Alabama School for the Deaf, 1942.
GANN, JOSHUA ARTHUR, 1895-
Journalist, minister. Born: December 15, 1895, Hackleburg. Parents: Joshua A. and America M. Gann. Married: Mary Paulk. Children: Five. Education: Study at Florence State Normal School and Asbury College. Special correspondent for daily newspapers; contributor to Literary Digest; associate editor of small daily in Mississippi; pastor, First Methodist Church in Guntersville and West End Methodist Church in Birmingham. Honorary doctorate, Athens College.
Source: Files at Birmingham Public Library.
Author: Grace Greater than Sin. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1940.
GARBER, EUGENE K., 1932-
University professor. Born: October 5, 1932, Birmingham. Education: Tulane University, B.A., 1954; University of Iowa, M.A., 1959, Ph.D., 1962. Teacher at Parsons College; instructor, University of Iowa, 1962-1968; associate professor, Western Washington State College, 1968-1977; professor of English, State University of New York, 1977-. Member, Modern Language Association and National Council of Teachers of English.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1978.
Author: Better Reading. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman, 1959.
Liberal and Conservative: Issues for College Students. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman, 1968.
Metaphysical Tales: Stories. Columbis: University of Missouri Press, 1981.
GARBER, JAMES R., ca. 1889-1978
Physician. Born: 1889 in Pueblo, Colo. Education: High school, Demopolis; Spring Hill College; Jefferson Medical College, M.D.; interned Johns Hopkins Hospital. Married: Bessie Evans. Children: Two. Professor of Obstetrics, Medical College of Alabama, 1914-1956; chairman, Department of Obstetrics, Jefferson Hillman Hospital. Member and president (1933-1934) Alabama Medical Association; Jefferson County Board of Public Welfare. Given Meritorious Award by the American Academy of General Practice, 1959. Served as president and medical director of Physicians National Life Insurance. Candidate for State Democratic Executive Committee, 1958.
Source: Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Author: Selected Patriotic Talks. Birmingham, Ala.: Freedom Educational Foundation, 1964.
GARMON, WILLIAM S., 1926- .
Baptist clergyman; professor of social ethics and sociolgy. Born: 05/17/26 Centre, AL. Parents: John Russel and Jewel (Harris) Garmon. Education: Graduate (PhD) New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Married: Virginia Miller (12/21/47, divorced). Children: 2. William S. II and Clayton T.M.. Source: Contemporary Authors Online. Gale Group, 2000.
Author: The Many Faces of Ethyl Broadman, 1966.
Mission Action Group Guide: Prisoner Rehabilitation. Brotherhood Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1968.
Who are the Criminals? Broadman, 1968.
Joint Author: How to Fight the Drug Menace Broadman, 1970.
Contributor: The Gambling Menace. Broadman, 1966.
GARNER, SAMUEL PAUL, 1910-
Professor, dean. Born: August 15, 1910, in Yadkinville, N.C. Parents: Samuel W. and Ila Jane (Hoots) Garner. Education: Duke University, A.B., 1932; A.M., 1934; University of Texas, Ph.D., 1940. Honorary degrees from Puson National University (1966), University of Alabama (1971). Married: Ruth Bailey on August 25, 1935. Children: Three. Taught at several major universities; dean, College of Commerce, University of Alabama, 1954-1971. Consultant to the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Defense. Conducted special educational assignments for U.S. State Department in Turkey, the Far East, Europe, South America, Africa.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1980.
Author: Advanced Accounting Problems. Boston: Heath, 1951.
Developmental History of Accounting in China. Taipei, Taiwan: Accounting Research Division, Tung-Wu University, 1978.
Evolution of Cost Accounting to 1925. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1954.
The Golden Anniversary of One of Accounting History's Mysterious Contributors: Albert Dupont. University, Ala.: Academy of Accounting Historians, 1975.
Joint Author: Advanced Accounting. Boston: Heath, 1951.
Elementary Cost Accounting. Boston: Heath, 1941.
Joint Editor: Readings on Accounting Development. New York: Arno Press, 1978.
GARRARD, JEANNE, 1923-
Gardening writer, journalist, teacher. Born: April 9, 1923, Birmingham. Parents: Oscar and Jeanne (Holoman) Garrard. Married: Faber S. Ebersole, October 1, 1957. Education: Study at Stetson University, 1940-1942; Lindsey Hopkins Hotel School, 1959. Writer, commentator, and director for newspapers and radio stations in Florida; various positions with Better Homes and Gardens and Meredith Publishing Co; instructor of writing in adult education at North Miami High School after 1956; freelance writer after 1958. Member, Board of Directors, Miami Beach Garden Center and Conservatory. National Literary Horticulture award of the National Council of Garden Clubs.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, Who Was Who in America, Vol. 6.
Author: Fairchild Tropical Garden. Miami: Argos, 1970.
Flowers of Bermuda. New York: Hastings House, 1970.
Flowers of the Bahamas. New York: Hastings House, 1970.
Flowers of the Caribbean. Miami: Argos, 1972.
Flowers of the West Indies: Caribbean and Bahamas. New York: Hastings House, 1970.
Growing Orchids for Pleasure. New York: A. S. Barnes, 1966.
Potted. Miami Beach: Beach & Town Press, 1967.
Tropical Flowers. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1973.
Tropical Flowers of Florida. Miami: Argos, 1970.
GARRETT, ALLEN McCAIN, 1924-
University professor, musicologist. Born: March 29, 1924, Birmingham. Parents: Mitchell Bennett and Dora Mayfield (Matthews) Garrett. Married: Louise Lynch Jones, June 5, 1948. Children: Three. Education: University of North Carolina, A.B., 1947, M.A., 1949, Ph.D., 1952. Faculty member, Catholic University of America, 1952-1966; professor of music and assistant dean of Temple University College of Music, 1966-. U.S. Navy Reserves, 1943-1946. Member, Music Educators National Conference, Chi Phi, and Phi Mu Alpha.
Source: Who's Who in the East, 1975.
Author: An Introduction to Research in Music. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1965.
GARRETT, MICHAEL, 1955- .
Born: 05/14/55.
Source: OCLC Online Database and Contemporary Authors Online. Gale Group, 2000.
Author: The Keeper Knightsbridge, 1990.
The Seventies Austin, TX: Steck-Vaughn Library, 1990.
Contributor: Shall I choose private practice? (editor). American College of Trial Lawyers, 1972.
GARRETT, MITCHELL BENNETT, 1881-1959
University professor. Born: April 17, 1881, near Lineville. Parents: Mitchell Bennett and Matilda Caroline (McCain) Garrett. Married: Dora Mayfield Matthews, May 12, 1923. Children: Two. Education: Howard College, B.A., 1900, M.A., 1903; Cornell University, Ph.D., 1910. Instructor at Howard College; positions at University of Mississippi, University of Michigan, St. Lawrence University, and again at Howard College; faculty member, University of North Carolina, 1927 until his retirement in 1952. Howard College, LL.D., 1952. Mayflower Cup, state of North Carolina, 1936. Member, American Historical Association and Southern Historical Society.
Source: National Cyclopedia of American Biography.
Author: The Estates General of 1789: the Problems of Composition and Organization. New York: D. Appleton Century, 1935.
Europe since 1815. New York: F.S. Crofts, 1947.
European History, 1500-1815. New York: American Book Co., 1940.
The French Colonial Question, 1789-1791. Ann Arbor, Mich.: G. Wahr, 1916.
Horse and Buggy Days on Hatchet Creek. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1957.
Sixty Years of Howard College, 1842-1902. Birmingham, Ala.: Howard College, 1927.
GASSMAN, McDILL McCOWN, 1915-
Homemaker, writer. Born: October 10, 1915, Huntsville. Parents: Joseph A. and Lubel (Darwin) McCown. Married: Harold Gassman. Children: Two. First woman speaker at convention of 4,000 members of the National Funeral Directors Association.
Source: Rome, Ga., Public Library.
Author: Daddy was an Undertaker. New York: Vantage Press, 1952.
GASTON, ARTHUR GEORGE, 1892-
Entrepreneur. Born: July 4, 1892, Demopolis. Married: Minnie Smith Gaston. Children: One. Education: Study at Tuggle Institute. Laborer at Tennessee Coal, Iron & Steel Co., sold peanuts and loaned money to fellow workers for 25 percent interest. Organizer, with L.A. Smith, of a burial society which grew into insurance company and other enterprises. Originator of a chain of funeral homes, a business college, City Federal Savings and Loan Association; and Gaston Enterprises, a corporation including a motel, cemetery, realty and investment company, mortuary, and other businesses. Honorary degrees from six institutions; sixty awards, and citations and honors from presidents Truman, Johnson, and Nixon.
Source: Ebony Success Library, Vol. 2; Who's Who among Black Americans, 1980-1981.
Author: Green Power: the Successful Way of A.G. Gaston. Birmingham, Ala.: Southern University Press, 1968.
GATCHELL, DANA KING, 1888-1960
University professor. Born: 1888, Snowden. Head of Foods and Nutrition Department, School of Home Economics, Auburn University.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama, Vol. 3.
Author: Handbook of Menu Planning. Atlanta: Smith, Hammond & Co., 1927.
Know Your Table Linen and Laces. Ann Arbor: Edwards Brothers, 1946.
Know Your Tableware. Ann Arbor: Edwards Brothers, 1945.
Manual of Food Preservation. Ann Arbor: Edwards Brothers, 1942.
Who's Who in Delta Kappa Gamma of Beta State, Alabama. S.l.: s.n., 1945.
GAY, WILLIAM TEAGUE, 1899-
College professor. Born: September 29, 1899, Montgomery. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1921, LL.B., 1923, M.A., 1928. Instructor in English, University of Florida, 1927-1930; head, English department, Georgia State College for Men, 1930- 1933; literary research and writing, 1933-1935, 1945-1961; head, English department, Bob Jones College, 1938-1941; instructor in English, Campbell College, 1961-1962; acting chairman, English department, Bluefield State College, 1961-1963; assistant professor, Hampden-Sydney College, 1964-1965; associate professor, Pembroke State College, 1965-1966; research and writing after 1966. D.D., University of Alabama, 1969. Member, Academy of American Poets.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1978.
Author: Montgomery, Alabama: a City in Crisis. New York: Exposition Press, 1957.
GAYLE, WILLIAM ARMISTEAD, JR., 1896-
Administrator. Born: March 5, 1896, Montgomery. Parents: William A. and Mary (Winn) Gayle. Married: Katharine Anderson, September 20, 1918. Children: One. Education: Study at U.S. Naval Academy, 1914-1915; University of Alabama, 1915-1916. Served in World War I; worked nine years as general manager of Anderson Coal Company; was Assistant Adjutant General of Alabama, then Adjutant General, with the rank of Brigadier; commissioner of the City of Montgomery. Colonel in Air Force during World War II, continuing active duty in Alabama National Guard. Received Bronze Star. Member, Free and Accepted Masons, Knights of Pythias, the Shrine, and Elks.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama.
Author: The Poems of William Gayle. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1934.
GENTRY, DOROTHY FREE
Editor, historian. Born: Lawrence Co. Parents: John Harvey and Minnie Dale (Burch) Free. Married: H. Clifton Gentry. Children: Two. Resident of Hartford, Kentucky; for many years editor of a weekly newspaper, researcher, and collector of early countiana.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: Life and Legend of Lawrence County, Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Gentry, 1962.
GEORGE, ANNE.
Writer, editor and former English teacher. Born: Birmingham, AL.
Source:
Author: Wild Goose Chase. Druid Press, 1982.
Murder on a Girl's Night Out. Avon, 1996.
Murder on a Bad Hair Day. Avon, 1996.
Murder Runs in the Family. Avon, 1997.
Murder Makes Waves. Avon, 1997.
Murder Gets a Life. Avon, 1998. Dreamer, dreaming me. UAB, 1980.
The Map that lies between us: new and collected poems, 1980-2000. Black Belt Press, 2000.
Murder Carries a Torch: Southern Sisters Mystery. Morrow, 2000.
Murder Shoots the Bull. Thorndike Press, 1999.
Some of it is true Curbow Publications, 1993.
Spraying under the Bed for Wolves Druid Press, 1986?
This one and magic life. Avon Books, 1999.
Contributor: A Baker's Dozen: Contemporary Women Poets of Alabama. (anthology). Druid Press, 1988. Oktoberfest I: 1985 winners, Druid Press short fiction competition. (editor). Druid Press, 1986?
GERBER, ISRAEL JOSHUA, 1918-
Professor, rabbi. Born: July 30, 1918, in New York City. Education: Yeshiva University, B.A., 1939; City College of New York, M.A., 1940; Ph.D., Boston University, 1950. Served as rabbi from 1943 to 1972, including Temple Eanu El, Dothan, Ala., 1953-1959. Taught at J.C. Smith University; Hood Theological Seminary, Livingston College. Member of American Psychological Association, Southeastern Psychology Association, American Academy of Religion.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1978.
Author: The Heritage Seekers: American Blacks in Search of Jewish Identity. Middle Village, N.Y.: Jonathan David, 1977.
Immortal Rebels: Freedom for the Individual in the Bible. New York: Jonathan David, 1963.
Man on a Pendulum: a Case History of an Introvert. New York: American Press, 1955.
A Psychology of the Suffering Mind. New York: Jonathan David, 1951.
GHIGNA, CHARLES, 1946-
Teacher, writer. Born: August 25, 1946, in New York City. Parents: Charles Vincent and Patricia (Pelletier) Ghigna. Education: Attended Edison Community College, 1964-1966; Florida Atlantic University, B.A., 1968; M.A., 1969; University of South Florida; Florida State University. Married: Debra Holmes on August 2, 1975. Children: One. Taught high school English, Ft. Myers, Fl., 1968-1973; Edison Community College, 1973; Alabama School of Fine Arts, 1974-. Editor of English Journal, 1974; creator, director, and performer in "Cabbages and Kings," television series for Alabama Educational Television, 1976.
Surname: Father Goose
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 77.
Author: Circus. Birmingham, Ala.: Creekwood Press, 1979.
Cockroach (one act play). S.l.: Contemporary Drama Service, 1977.
Plastic Tears. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1973.
Stables: the Story of Christmas: Poems and Prints. Birmingham, Ala.: Creekwood Press, 1975.
Editor: Feathers and Steel: the Birmingham Student Poets. Birmingham Student Poets. S.l.: s.n., 19--.
GIBBONS, FAYE, 1938-
Teacher, writer. Born: January 31, 1938 in Carter's Quarter, Ga. Parents: George Manley and Alice Lenell (Searcy) Junkins. Education: Oglethorp University, 1950; Emory University, 1961; Berry College, B.A., 1961; graduate study, Auburn University. Married: Benjamin Turner Gibbons on August 29, 1964. Children: Two. Taught high school, Dalton, Ga. 1961-1963; elementary school, Marietta, Ga., 1963-1964; Beauregard High School, Lee County, Ala., 1964-1966; elementary school, Huntsville, 1966- 1969. Member of the Alabama Library Association, Montgomery Creative Writers. Contributed articles to Old House Journal.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 109.
Author: Mighty Close to Heaven. New York: Morrow, 1985.
Some Glad Mornings. New York: Morrow, 1982.
GIBBONS, ROBERT FAUCETT, 1915-
Conservation assistant, professor. Born: May 1, 1915, Tuscaloosa. Married: Janie Moore. Children: Two. Education: Auburn University, B.S.; University of Alabama, M.A. Staff communicator aboard an LST in the Pacific during World War II; agricultural conservation assistant in Brewton and Montgomery; instructor at Tulane University. Rosenwald fellowship in creative writing, Alfred A. Knopf fiction fellowship.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: Bright as the Morning. New York: Knopf, 1943.
The Patchwork Time. New York: Knopf, 1948.
GIBSON, JOHN MENDINGHALL, 1899-
Reporter, editor, administrator. Born: September 8, 1899, in Gibson, N.C. Parents: William Ziba and Florence Gibson. Education: University of North Carolina, B.A., 1919; Columbia University, B. Litt., 1921; Certificate of Presence, University of Paris, 1928. Married: Virginia Smith in 1940. Worked as editorial writer, reporter, and editor for various publications in U.S. and Berlin, Germany, 1921-1937; director, division of Public Health and Education of the Alabama State Department of Health, 1937-1954. Resided in North Carolina after 1954.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 1R.
Author: Physician to the World: the Life of General William C. Gorgas. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1950.
Soldier in White: the Life of General George Miller Sternberg. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1958.
Soldier of the Word: the Story of the American Bible Society. New York: Coward, 1961.
Those 163 Days: Southern Account of Sherman's March from Atlanta to Raleigh. New York: Coward, 1961.
GIELOW, MARTHA SAWYER, 1860-1933
Reader, lecturer. Born: 1860, Greensboro. Parents: Captain Enoch and Sophie E. (Barkley) Sawyer. Married. Children: Two. Founder and vice-president of Southern Industrial Education Association, Washington, D.C. which was organized for the purpose of promoting industrial education among Southern Appalachian Mountain white children.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1.
Author: Camp Jingles and Songs. Seattle: Ivy Press, 1917.
The Light on the Hill: a Romance. New York: Revell, 1915.
Mammy's Reminiscences, and Other Sketches. New York: Barnes, 1898.
Old Andy the Moonshiner. Washington, D.C.: Roberts, 1909.
Old Plantation Days. New York: Russell, 1902.
Uncle Sam. New York: Revell, 1913.
The Whispering Fairy: Constructive Stories for Children. Los Angeles: Rowny Press, 1923.
GILDART, FRAUNCES (Pseudonym)
See: Durham, Frances Gildart Ruffin
GILMORE, EDDY LANIER KING, 1907-1967
Journalist. Born: May 28, 1907, Selma. Parents: Eddy Lanier and Evelyn (King) Gilmore. Married: Tamara Chernashova, July 13, 1943. Children: Three. Education: Studied at Washington and Lee University, 1925-1926; graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1928. News reporter for Atlanta Journal, 1929-1932; Washington Daily News, 1932-1935; Associated Press after 1935. Worked for Associated Press in Washington Bureau, 1936-1940; London Bureau, 1940-1941 and 1954-1967; Moscow Bureau, 1941-1954. Lecture tours in America during 1953-1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, and 1966. National Headliners Club Award as best foreign correspondent, 1946; Pulitzer Prize for telegraphic reporting from Moscow, 1947.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 5R; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4; Me and My Russian Wife.
Author: After the Cossacks Burned Down the "Y". New York: Farrar, Straus, 1964.
Me and My Russian Wife. Garden City, N.J.: Doubleday, 1954.
Troika. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1962.
GILMORE, J. HERBERT, JR., 1925-
Baptist minister. Born: January 7, 1925, in Rutledge, Tenn. Parents: Herbert and Mabel (Doyal) Gilmore. Education: Carson- Newman College, B.A., 1945; George Peabody College, M.A., 1949; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, B.D., 1950: Th.M., 1951; Th.D., 1959; Yale University. Married: Joyce Marie Wade, June 17, 1946. Children: Four. Served as pastor in Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Alabama, Washington, D.C.; Baptist Church of the Covenant, Birmingham, 1968-1976; visiting professor at Missouri Valley College, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Carver School of Missions and Social Work, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Member of the Academy of Parish Clergy, Society of Biblical Literature, National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 33R.
Author: The Church and the Nation. New York: Vantage, 1979.
The Cross of Love. New York: Vantage, 1979.
Devotions for the Home. Nashville: Broadman, 1971.
They Chose to Live: the Racial Agony of an American Church. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1972.
When Love Prevails: a Pastor Speaks to a Church in Crisis. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1971.
GLASS, MARY MORGAN WARD, 1898-
Librarian. Born: December 2, 1898, Eutaw. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1920; University of Texas at Denton, B.S. in Library Science, 1950. High school librarian in Marlin, Texas, after 1946. Resident of Eutaw after retirement. Member, Phi Beta Kappa, Texas Library Association, Texas State Teachers Association.
Source: Who's Who in Library Service. 3rd ed., 1955.
Editor: Connecticut Yankee in Early Alabama: Julia Bestor Coleman, 1833-1850. Mobile, Ala.: Historical Activities Committee, National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama, 1980.
A Goodly Heritage: Memories of Greene County. Clarksville, Tenn.: Josten's, 1971.
GLAZE, ANDREW, III, 1920-
Reporter. Born: April 21, 1920, in Nashville, Tenn. Parents: Andrew Louis, Jr., and Mildred (Ezell) Glaze. Education: Harvard College, B.A., 1942; Stanford University, 1946. Married: Dorothy Elliot. Children: Two. Married: Adrianna Keathley, August 12, 1962. Served in U.S. Army Air Force, WWII. Started career as reporter for Birmingham Post-Herald, 1949-1956; wrote for British Travel Association. Received the Eunice Tietjens Award from Poetry Magazine, 1951. Contributor to New York Book of Poems and New Directions 26. Wrote plays.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 17R.
Author: A City. Amherst, Mass.: Swamp Press, 1982.
Damned Ugly Children: Poems. New York: Trident Press, 1966.
I Am the Jefferson County Courthouse, and Other Poems. Birmingham, Ala.: Thunder City Press, 1981.
A Masque of Surgery. London: Menard, 1974.
Reality Street: Poems. Laurinburg, N.J.: St. Andrews Press, 1991.
The Trash Dragon of Shensi: Poems. Kensington, Calif.: Serendipity Books, 1978.
GLAZNER, JOHN FRANK, 1884-1960
Chemist, educator. Born: 1884, Collinsville. Married: Kathleen Sharp, September 2, 1919. Children: One. Married: Ester Mead Coupland, August 19, 1926. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1919, M.S.; Peabody College, Ph.D. Chemist in Birmingham; principal of Dadeville High School; professor of science and geography at Jacksonville State Teachers College, 1921-1954; for ten years registrar as well as professor; acting president, 1942.
Source: Mrs. John Frank Glazner, Jacksonville; Jacksonville State University Library.
Author: Geography of the Great Appalachian Valley of Alabama. Jacksonville, Ala., 1938.
GLENDINNING, SARA WILSON, 1913-
Journalist, writer for children. Born: September 17, 1913, Birmingham. Parents: William C. and Marie (Harrison) Wilson. Married: Richard E. Glendinning. Children: One. Education: Studied at the Sorbonne, 1932; Agnes Scott College, B.A., 1933; Columbia University, B.S.J., 1934. Women's page editor, Baltimore Evening Sun, 1936-1945; reporter for Herald Tribune in Sarasota, Florida, after 1961. Primarily interested in writing real adventure stories at a first grade vocabulary level. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 49.
Author: Doll: Bottle-nosed Dolphin. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1980.
Gargantua, the Mighty Gorilla. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1974.
Jimmy and Joe Catch an Elephant. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1969.
Jimmy and Joe Find a Ghost. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1969.
Jimmy and Joe Fly a Kite. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1970.
Jimmy and Joe Get a Hen's Surprise. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1970.
Jimmy and Joe Go to the Fair. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1971.
Jimmy and Joe Have a Real Thanksgiving. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1974.
Jimmy and Joe Look for a Bear. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1970.
Jimmy and Joe Meet a Halloween Witch. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1971.
Jimmy and Joe Save a Christmas Deer. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1973.
Jimmy and Joe See a Monster. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1972.
Little Blue and Rusty. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1980.
Pen, Emperor Penguin. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1980.
Queen Victoria: English Empress. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1970.
Stubby, Brave Soldier Dog. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1978.
Thomas Gainsborough, Artist of England. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1969.
Joint Author: The Ringling Brothers: Circus Family. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard, 1972.
GLENN, MOSES L.
Educator. Born: Midway, Bullock County. Grandson of former slaves. Education: Valedictorian of high school class; Alabama State University, B.S., M.A. Taught high school mathematics in Montgomery public schools; after ten years teaching, served as educational specialist with Extension Course Institute, Air University, Gunter Air Force Station; certified official for Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. President, Alabama Football Officials' Association and Central Alabama Basketball Officials' Association.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: To Shape his Destiny. New York: Vantage Press, 1974.
GLOVER, CATO D., 1897-
Military officer. Born: 1897, Centreville. Education: Studied at Marion Institute and University of Alabama; graduate of United States Naval Academy; graduate work at the Naval Academy; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S. Distinguished naval career from 1919 until his retirement in 1957, achieving rank of admiral. Served in Paris and Lisbon; executive officer of the U.S.S. Saratoga, participator in invasions of Guadalcanal, Palau, and Leyte; deputy commander-in-chief of Allied forces in the Mediterranean and later, deputy commander. After retirement, president of Marion Institute. Navy Cross, French Legion of Honor, and Philippine Liberation Ribbon.
Source: Files at Centreville, Ala., Public Library.
Author: Crest of the Wave. New York: Vantage Press, 1974.
GLYNN, ROBERT L., 1913-1983
Administrator. Born: April 19, 1913, Birmingham. Parents: Arthur and Fannie Bell (Banks) Glynn. Married: Ila Newell, April 18, 1941. Education: Graduate of Alabama State University, 1938. After 1952, employee of Tuscaloosa Housing Authority, serving as assistant executive director, 1969-1982. After 1976, vice-chairman of Board of Trustees of Alabama State University. Active in Hunter's Chapel AME Zion Church; member of boards or committees of the YMCA, American Red Cross, United Negro College Fund, and several other organizations. Alabama State University, LL.D., 1980. Awards from YMCA, Boy Scouts, American Legion, Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: Ila Newell Glynn, Tuscaloosa.
Author: "How Firm a Foundation": a History of the First Black Church in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Friends of Hunter's Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1976.
Composer: "When I Get Home" (words and music). Copyrighted and performed on CBS in 1941.
GODDARD, NETTYE GEORGE KENT, 1923-
Educator. Born: May 22, 1923, Gadsden. Parents: Lafayette and Virginia Allen (Gould) Kent. Married: George Goddard, May 15, 1943. Children: Two. Education: Talladega College, A.B., 1942; San Jose State University, M.A., 1973; further study at the University of the Pacific. Taught English in Gadsden, 1942-1943; San Jose, Calif., Unified School District, 1957-1969; coordinator of Black studies, 1969-1972; after 1977, manager of the professional development center in the San Jose system; instructor on extension faculty at San Jose State College, 1967- 1975; College of Notre Dame, Belmont, Calif., 1968-1978; California State University at Hayward after 1978. Consultant to various schools and colleges. President of G-4 Development Services, Inc.
Source: Who's Who in the West, 1980; Living Black American Authors.
Author: Black History Booklet Using Inquiry Method. Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley, 1972.
Compiler: What It Is: an Anthology of Black Literature. New York: McGraw, 1971.
Contributor: American English Today: Teachers Manual. New York: McGraw, 1970.
GODFREY, MARIE HAM, 1920-
Genealogist. Born: February 4, 1920, Marengo Co. Parents: Ferm Wood and Sadie Alston (Spurlin) Ham. Married: Samuel Godfrey, October 15, 1941. Children: Three. Education: Study at Judson College, 1938; New College, University of Alabama. Qualified instructor in genealogy. After 1969, treasurer and office manager, Eufaula Pulpwood Co. Editor of the publication, Historic Eufaula. Member, Colonial Dames of America, Daughters of American Revolution.
Source: Who's Who in Genealogy and Heraldry, Vol. 1, 1981.
Author: Early Settlers of Barbour County, Alabama. 2 vols. Eufaula, Ala.: Author, 1972.
Rural Land Owners of Barbour County, Alabama, 1851. Eufaula, Ala.: M. H. Godfrey, 1981?
GODWIN, GAIL, 1937-
Journalist, professor. Born: June 18, 1937, Birmingham. Parents: Mose Winston and Kathleen (Krahenbuhl) Godwin. Married: Ian Marshall, July 17, 1965. Education: University of North Carolina, B.A.; University of Iowa, M.A., 1968; Ph.D., 1971. Worked for Miami Herald, 1959-1960; U.S. Embassy in London and U.S. Travel Service, 1962-1965; taught at University of Iowa, 1967-1971; University of Illinois Center for Advanced Studies, Champaign-Urbana. Guggenheim fellowship, 1975-1976. Member, Modern Language Association, PEN, and Authors Guild, Alabama Library Associations Authors Award, 1979.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 29R.
Author: Anna Margarita's Will. Concord, N.H.: William B. Ewert, 1984.
Dream Children: Stories. New York: Knopf, 1976.
Father Melancholy's Daughter. New York: Morrow, 1991.
The Finishing School. New York: Viking, 1985.
Glass People. New York: Knopf, 1972.
A Mother and Two Daughters. New York: Viking, 1982.
Mr. Bedford and the Muses. New York: Viking Press, 1983.
The Odd Woman. New York: Knopf, 1974.
A Southern Family. New York: Morrow, 1987.
The Perfectionist. New York: Harper, 1970.
Violet Clay. New York: Knopf, 1978.
Librettist: The Ideal Self .... Melville, N.Y.: MCA Music, 1983.
The Last Lover (Pelagia): a Musical Morality Play. Melville, N.Y.: MCA Music, 1977.
GOING, ALLEN JOHNSTON, 1917-
University professor, dean. Born: September 29, 1917, Birmingham. Parents: Clarence Johnson and Louise (Thornbury) Going. Married: Dora Alice Henley, August 21, 1954. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1938, M.A., 1940; University of North Carolina, Ph.D., 1947. Taught history and served as associate dean of men, University of Alabama, 1942-1957; faculty member, 1957-1974, then acting dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, 1974-1975; University of Houston. Member, Organization of American Historians, Southern Historical Association, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1980.
Author: Bourbon Democracy in Alabama, 1874-1890. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1951.
GOING, WILLIAM THORNBURY, 1915-
University professor, dean. Born: June 3, 1915, Birmingham. Parents: Clarence Johnson and Louise (Thornbury) Going. Married: Margaret Moorer. Education: University of Alabama, A.B. with honors, 1936; Duke University, M.A., 1938; University of Michigan, Ed.D., 1954. Taught English in Birmingham city schools; University of Alabama, 1939-1957; after 1957, professor of English, dean of instruction, and dean of academic affairs, Southern Illinois University. Rhodes Scholar-elect from Alabama, 1938. Member, advisory board of Alton Memorial Hospital Nursing School, Midwest Modern Language Association, Modern Language Association of America, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Kappa, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1980.
Author: Essays on Alabama Literature. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1975.
Scanty Plot of Ground: Studies in the Victorian Sonnet. The Hague, Netherlands: Mouton, 1976.
GOODRUM, JOHN C., 1918-
Engineer. Born: March 10, 1918, in Vicksburg. Parents: John C. and Josephine (Beaufort) Goodrum. Education: Mississippi State University, B.S., 1939; State University of Iowa, M.S., 1941. Married: Sarah Grace Bratton on May 22, 1948. Children: Two. Employed as an engineer, Canal Zone, 1940-1941; Vicksburg, 1946-1958; director, IE division of Army Ballistic Missile Agency at Redstone Arsenal, 1958-1960; program manager, Honest John Missile System, AMC, Redstone Arsenal, 1960-1962; director of Saturn System, NASA, 1962-1963; director of project logistics office, 1963-1969; director of advanced program support office, 1969-. Edited Logistics Spectrum Journal, 1971.
Source: Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 1975.
Author: Now You See It. New York: Didier, 1946.
Wernher von Braun, Space Pioneer. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers, 1968.
Contributor: Rivers of Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers, 1969.
GOODWIN, STEPHEN, 1943-
Professor. Born: October 20, 1943, in Pennsylvania. Parents: Claudius Lee and Jeanette Lucy Goodwin. Education: Harvard University, B.A., 1965; University of Virginia, M.A., 1969. Married: Julia Stanton on June 16, 1964. Children: One. Instructor at Washington and Lee University; assistant professor, Bryn Mawr College. Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1973. Childhood spent in Alabama.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57.
Author: The Blood of Paradise. New York: Dutton, 1979.
Kin. New York: Harper & Row, 1975.
GORGAS, WILLIAM CRAWFORD, 1854-1920
Military officer. Born: October 3, 1854, Mobile. Parents: Josiah and Amelia (Gayle) Gorgas. Married: Marie Cook Doughty, September 15, 1885. Children: One. Education: Graduate of University of the South, 1875; Bellevue Medical College, 1879. Appointed surgeon in Army Medical Corps, 1880. As a result of having survived an attack of yellow fever in Texas, he was immune to the disease and was often stationed at posts where it was prevalent. As chief sanitation officer of Havana in 1901, acting upon Walter Reed's demonstration of the transmission of yellow fever by the mosquito, destroyed breeding places and halted the epidemic. Became chief sanitary officer for the Panama Canal project in 1904 and succeeded in eliminating yellow fever from the Canal Zone within a year. In 1914, promoted to brigadier general and appointed Surgeon General of the U.S. Army. Retired in 1918 with rank of major general. Accorded honors by many organizations and nations.
Source: Webster's American Dictionary, 1979; National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 32.
Author: A Few General Directions with Regard to Destroying Mosquitos [sic.]. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1904.
Inspection of Medical Services with American Expeditionary Forces. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1919.
Journal of William C. Gorgas, Chairman, Yellow Fever Commission. S.l.: s.n., 1919-1920.
Results Obtained in Havana from the Destruction of the Stegomyia Facciata Infection by Yellow Fever. Havana, Cuba: s.n., 1902.
Sanitation in Panama. New York: D. Appleton, 1915.
Yellow Fever: a Composition of Various Publications. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1911.
GORMAN, ETHEL MILLER, 1911-
Health services administrator. Born: October 10, 1911, Birmingham. Parents: Beauregard and Ethel Therese (Jungill) Miller. Married: Thomas C. Gorman, April 11, 1939. Children: Two. Education: Study at Howard College, 1928-1929; Rollins College, A.B., 1932; graduate work at Washington University, 1937; Tulane University, 1959. Health services administrator in Birmingham. First prize for playwriting from Florida Allied Arts Contest, 1932; novel prize from Alabama Writers Conclave, 1953. Member, Alabama Historical Association, Jefferson County Child Development Council Service Club, Mental Health Association, Phi Mu, Zonta.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1977.
Author: History of the Juvenile Delinquency Research Project in Jefferson County, Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Jefferson County Association for Mental Health, 1976.
Red Acres. Birmingham, Ala.: Vulcan Press, 1956.
GOSSER, LEO, 1897-
Professor. Born: 1897 in Queen City, Mo. Education: Kirksville State Teacher's College, B.S.; University of Chicago, Ph.D. Taught at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn University), 1927-.
Source: Auburn University Library.
Author: A Medical-Vocabulary Workbook. Auburn, Ala.: API Press, 1948.
A Word-Parts Book for Medical Terminology. Auburn, Ala.: Auburn University Press, 1973.
GRAF, DOROTHY JANE PADGETT, 1930-
Artist. Born: August 9, 1930, in Oklahoma City, Okla. Parents: Vernon H. and Louise (Harris) Padgett. Education: Mary Washington College; Ringling Art School; graduated from Art Instruction, Inc., correspondence school. Married: Louis Graf. Children: Three. Named Outstanding Young Woman, 1965.
Source: Dot Graf, Cullman, Ala.
Author: Color Cullman County. S.l.: Author, 19--?
If Walls Could Talk: Whispers from Cullman, Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmore Press, 1977.
Joint Author: Walking Through Walker County. Cullman, Ala.: Modernistic Printers, 1981.
GRAFTON, CARL, 1942-
University professor. Born: October 6, 1942, in Toledo, Ohio. Parents: Thomas Holloway and Jewell (Bricker) Holloway. Education: University of Toledo, B.A., 1963; M.A., 1966; Purdue University, Ph.D., 1970. Married: Anne Permaloff, December 28, 1974. Research physicist for Libby-Owens Ford Glass, 1963-1964; taught political science, University of Houston, 1968-1975; Auburn University at Montgomery, 1975-. Awarded Realm Foundation Fellowship, 1965-1966; Richard Weaver Fellowship, 1966-1967. Member American Political Science Association, American Association of University Professors.
Source: Anniston Star, July 14, 1985; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 53.
Author: The Politics of Higher Education. Morristown, N.J.: General Learning Press, 1973.
Joint Author: Big Mules and Branchheads: James E. Folsom and Political Power in Alabama. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1985.
Contributor: The Uneasy Partnership: the Dynamics of Federal, State and Urban Relations. Palo Alto, Calif.: National Press Books, 1973.
GRANTHAM, DIXIE LOUISE, 1904-
Secretary. Born: December 1, 1904, in Greensboro, N.C. Parents: Josiah S. and Queenie Marietta Pender. Education: Draughan Business College (Montgomery); music courses at Huntingdon College; creative writing courses, Washington, D.C. and Huntsville. Married: Hal Gray Grantham on May 19, 1924. Children: One. Served as volunteer nurse at St. Margaret's Hospital; stenographer for Boy Scots and VFW; secretary during WWII; pianist. Member of Huntsville Writers Club.
Source: Mrs. Hal G. Grantham, Huntsville, Ala.
Author: Always A Mountain. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishing Co., 1984.
GRAVES, RICHARD LAYTON, 1931-
Professor. Born: January 14, 1931, in Houston, Tex. Parents: A. J. and Lucille (Martin) Graves. Education: Baylor University, B.A., 1956; University of Florida, M.Ed., 1960; Florida State University, Ph.D., 1965. Served in U.S. Air Force, 1951-1954. Taught in Tampa Public Schools, 1957-1963; research assistant, Florida State University, 1963-1965; taught at Auburn University, 1965-. Member of National Council of Teachers of English.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1982.
Compiler: Rhetoric and Composition: a Sourcebook for Teachers. Rochelle Park, N.J: Hayden Book Co., 1976.
GRAY, DANIEL SAVAGE, 1944-
University professor. Born: June 25, 1944, Montgomery. Married: 1968. Children: Three. Education: University of Montevallo, B.A., 1966; Florida State University, M.A., 1967, Ph.D., 1970. Taught at Troy State University after 1970. Writer of periodical articles as well as books.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1978.
Author: Autauga County: the First Hundred Years, 1818-1918. Prattville, Ala: Autauga County-Prattville Public Library, 1972.
Alabama: a Place, a People, a Point of View. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt, 1977.
Dilemma for a Christian State. Troy, Ala.: Troy State University Press, 1974.
In the Words of Napoleon: a Collection of Quotations of Napoleon Bonaparte. Troy, Ala.: Troy State University Press, 1977.
GRAYSON, CLAUDE COLUMBUS, 1857-
Merchant. Born: May 4, 1857, Auburn. Parents: Spence Monroe and Cornelia (Dillard) Grayson. Married: Adele Stokes, June 16, 1882 or 1883. Married: Julia Waldrop, February 12, 1889. Children: Eight. Education: Study at Dallas Academy.
Source: Files at Auburn University Libraries Special Collections.
Author: A Short Biography of My Life. S.l.: s.n. 1946?
Yesterday and Today: Memories of Selma and its People. New Orleans: Pelican Press, 1948.
GREEN, ASA NORMAN, 1929-
City manager, college administrator, university president. Born: July 22, 1929, in Mars Hill, Me. Parents: Clayton John and Annie Glenna (Shaw) Green. Education: Bates College, A.B., 1951; University of Alabama, M.A., 1955. Honorary LL.D., Jacksonville State University, 1975, Married: Elizabeth Jean Zirkelback Ross on May 27, 1965. Children: One. Served as research director for the Alabama League of Municipalities, 1955- 1957; city manager, Mountain Brook, Ala., 1957-1971; director of development, Birmingham Southern College, 1966-1971, Dickinson College, 1971-1972; president, Livingston University (Ala.), 1972-; taught in University of Alabama, Extension Division. Graduate fellow of the Southern Regional Training Program in Public Administration. Member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1980.
Joint Author: Municipal Finance in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama League of Municipalities and Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1956.
Revenues for Alabama's Cities. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama League of Municipalities and Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1956.
GREENE, DANIEL ARTHUR, 1863-
Attorney, judge. Born: August 8, 1863, Lee County. Parents: Rinaldo M. and Martha Ann (Bullard) Greene. Married: Margaret Jordan Morrow, May 6, 1890. Children: Three. Education: Emory College, A.B., 1884; University of Alabama, LL.B., 1886. Practiced law in Birmingham after 1886; served in Alabama State Legislature during 1896 and 1897; associate judge, Criminal Court of Jefferson County, 1901; senior judge, 1905. Democrat, Mason, Knight of Pythias, and Knight of Honor.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: Government and the Telegraph, Being the Johnson Prize Essay of the University of Alabama for the Year 1886. Philadelphia: J. & J. W. Johnson & Co., 1890.
Joint Author: Masonic Manual, Grand Lodge of Alabama, A.F. & A.M. Birmingham, Ala.: Dispatch, 1903.
GREENE, FRANCES NIMMO, 1880-
Teacher, librarian. Born: 1880, Tuscaloosa. Parents: Thomas Finley and Virginia (Owen) Greene. Education: Tuscaloosa Female College. Taught in Montgomery; principal of La Fayette Public School; in 1909, assistant to the library division of the Alabama State Department of Archives and History. After a brief stay as woman's page editor for the Birmingham News, became head of the Birmingham Public Library. Resigned in 1913 and returned to Montgomery to devote her life to writing.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama, Vol. 3.
Author: America First. New York: Scribner, 1918.
The Devil to Pay. New York: Scribner, 1918.
Into the Night: a Story of New Orleans. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1909.
Legends of King Arthur and his Court. Boston: Ginn & Co., 1901.
My Country's Voice. New York: Scribner, 1918.
One Clear Call. New York: Scribner, 1914.
The Right of the Strongest. New York: Scribner, 1913.
Speaking of Adam, a Comedy in Three Acts. Montgomery, Ala.: 1915.
The Ultimate American, a Comedy. Montgomery, Ala.: 1913.
Joint Author: American Ideals: a Series of Readers for Schools. New York: Scribner, 1920.
The Last Enemy: a Drama in Three Acts. New York?: (Mimeographed), 193-?
With Spurs of Gold: Heroes of Chivalry and Their Deeds. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1905.
GREENHAW, HAROLD WAYNE, 1940-
Journalist. Born: February 17, 1940, Sheffield. Parents: Harold Reed and Myrtle (Able) Greenhaw. Education: Study at Instituto Allende, Mexico, 1959-1960; University of Alabama, B.S., 1966. Technical writer, newspaper reporter, writer of television scripts, and editor of the Alabama Journal. After 1966, reporter-editor of the Alabama Journal-Montgomery Advertiser. Reporting award, Associated Press Managing Editors Association, 1968; Nieman Fellow, Harvard, 1972-1973. Member, Sigma Delta Chi.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1973.
Author: Alabama on My Mind: Politics, People, History, and Ghost Stories. Montgomery, Ala.: Sycamore Press, 1987.
Elephants in the Cottonfields: Ronald Reagan and the New Republican South. New York: Macmillan, 1982.
Flying High: Inside Big Time Drug Smuggling. New York: Dodd, 1984.
The Golfer. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1967.
The Making of a Hero. Louisville, Ky.: Touchstone Pub. Co., 1971.
Montgomery, Center Stage in the South: a Contemporary Portrait. Chatsworth, Calif.: Windsor, 1990.
Watch Out for George Wallace. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1976.
GREER, VIRGINIA BRADFORD, 1919-
Reporter, free-lance writer. Born: March 30, 1919, in Atlanta, Ga. Parents: John and Floy (Jarrett) Bradford. Education: diploma, Newspaper Institute of America, 1952. Married: John Robert Greer, Sr., on December 23, 1936. Children: Three. Reporter for Mobile Register, 1954-1955, 1962-1965. Awarded first prize by American Laundry Manufacturers, 1962; the Douglas L. Cannon Medical Reporting Award, 1965. Member of the board of Mobile Mental Health Center, American Pen Women, Octavia LeVert Toastmistriss Club.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1975; Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3.
Author: Emergency: the True Story of a Woman's Faith and Service as an Emergency Room Volunteer. Chappaqua, N.Y.: Christian Herald House, 1977.
Give Them Their Dignity. Richmond, Va.: John Knox Press, 1963.
The Glory Woods: a Hymn of Healing. Chappaqua, N.Y.: Christian Herald House, 1976.
GRIESSMAN, BENJAMIN EUGENE, 1934
Professor. Born: August 12, 1934, in Spartanburg, S.C. Education: Tennessee Temple College, B.P., 1956; Baylor University, M.A., 1958; New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Div., 1962; Louisiana State University, Ph.D., 1966. Taught at North Carolina State University, 1966-1970; also director, Center for Occupational Education, 1967-1970; professor and department head, Auburn University, 1970-; lecturer at College of William and Mary; director, National Evaluation of Concerted Services in Training and Education, 1961-1970; proposal reviewer, National Endowment for the Humanities; moderator and producer of TV's "Options" and "Insight." Fellow of the American Anthropology Association; contributing editor International Journal of Contemporary Sociology. Member of Alpha Kappa Delta, American and Southern Sociological Associations, Southern Anthropological Association.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1980.
Author: The Achievement Factor .... New York: Dodd, Mead, 1987.
Planned Change in Low-Income Rural Areas: .... Raleigh, N.C.: Center for Occupational Education, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, 1969.
Image and Memories: Georgia Tech, 1885-1985. Atlanta: Georgia Tech Foundation, 1985.
Joint Author: Factors related to Communication of Forest Fire Prevention Messages: .... Baton Rouge, La.?: The State University, 1967.
Editor: The Concerted Services Approach to Developmental Change in Rural Areas: .... Raleigh: Center for Occupational Education, North Carolina State University, 1968.
Editor and Compiler:
Minorities: a Text and Readings in Intergroup Relations. Hinsdale, Ill.: Dryden Press, 1975.
Joint Editor: The Southern Mystique: .... University, Ala.: Published for Auburn University by the University of Alabama Press, 1977.
GRIFFIN, MARY CLAIRE, 1924-
Professor. Born: April 22, 1924, in Lynchburg, S.C. Parents: Simon and Mary Sue (Kirby) Griffin. Education: Winthrop College, B.S., 1945; University of Tennessee, M.S., 1948; Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1961. Taught at Brevard College, 1945- 1947; Georgia State University, 1947-1948; University of Alabama, 1949-1959, 1961-1962; University of Illinois, 1962-1963; Clemson University, 1963-1964; Bowling Green State University; Radford College. Member of American Academy of Management, Phi Kappa Phi, Delta Pi Epsilon, National Federation of Professional, and Business Women's Club.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 17R.
Author: Records Management: a Modern Tool for Business. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1964.
GRIFFITH, GEORGE P., ca. 1902-
Lawyer, teacher. Born: 1902? Education: high school in Buchanan, Ga.; Southern Shorthand and Business University, 1924; Emory University, LL.B., 1926. Married: Frances ______, 1923. Children: Two. Served as legal apprentice, Buchanan, 1917-1925; member Georgia Bar, 1926-1966; instructor of law, Treasury Law Enforcement Officer Training School, 1930-1965. Honored with Treasury Special Service Award, 1959; Treasury Gallatin (Esteem) Award, 1964. Resided in Irondale, Ala., 1947; published stories in Birmingham News.
Source: Popper Gander; Birmingham News, January 26, 1947.
Author: Florida's Popper Gander. Pelham, Ga.: The Pelham Journal, 1942.
How to Sell Your Home for a Profit. Washington, D.C.: Equity Publishers, 1966.
Life and Adventures of Revenooer No. 1. Birmingham, Ala.: Gander Publishers, 1975.
Popper Gander: a Mother Goose Transition Book Designed for Parents and Teachers: a Vocabulary Builder and Educator. Washington, D.C.: Gander Publishers, 1976?, 1966.
GRIFFITH, LUCILLE BLANCHE, 1905-
Teacher. Born: October 25, 1905, in Bessville, Mo. Parents: Lawrence Clinton and Caroline (Mabuce) Griffith. Education: Belhaven College, A.B., 1929; Tulane University, M.A., 1942; Brown University, Ph.D., 1957. Taught high school in Mississippi; head, History Department, East Mississippi Junior College; taught, University of Montevallo, 1946-; headed Social Sciences Department. Member of American and Southern Historical Association, Society of American Historians, American Association of University Professors, American Association of University Women.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 17; Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3.
Author: Alabama: a Documentary History to 1900. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1968.
Alabama College, 1896-1969. Montevallo, Ala.: s.n., 1969.
History of Alabama, 1540-1900: .... Northport, Ala.: Colonial Press, 1962.
Virginia House of Burgesses, 1750-1774. Northport, Ala.: Colonial Press, 1963.
Yours Till Death: Civil War Letters of John W. Calton. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1951.
GRIMES, MARTIN, 1918-
Soldier. Born: August 16, 1918, Bradleytown. Married: Acie Lee Duke. Children: Five. Resident of Cordova and Jasper before joining the U.S. Army just before World War II. Served in South Pacific during World War II; promoted to Captain, but apparently reverted to the enlisted ranks after the war; retired as 1st Sergeant in 1962. Resident of Prattville in 1972.
Source: Turnip Greens and Sergeant Stripes.
Author: Turnip Greens and Sergeant Stripes. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1972.
GROOM, WINSTON, 1943-
Writer. Born: March 23, 1943, in Washington, D.C. Parents: Winston Francis and Ruth (Knudson) Groom. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1965. Married: Ruth Noble in 1969; divorced, 1974. Served in U.S. Army, 1965-1967. Staff writer for Washington Star, 1967-1976, free-lance writer.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 85.
Author: As Summers Die. New York: Summit Books, 1980.
Better Times Than These: a Novel. New York: Summit Books, 1978.
Conversations With the Enemy: the Story of PFC Robert Garwood. New York: Putnam, 1983.
Forrest Gump. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1986.
Gone the Sun. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1988.
Only. New York: Putnam, 1984.
GROSS, BEN SAMUEL, 1891-1979
Attorney, journalist. Born: November 24, 1891, Birmingham. Parents: Adolph and Sarah (Kaufman) Gross. Married: Kathleen Cotter. Education: Study at Tulane University; University of Alabama, LL.B., 1914. Admitted to State Bar of Alabama in 1915, practiced law in Birmingham; reporter for the Bronx Home News, 1919; World Travel Magazine, 1919-1920; New York Morning Telegraph, 1922-1923; for the Associated Press during 1924, and for the New York Daily News, 1925-1971. Also a news and political commentator for radio and television stations. Served with U.S. Army Infantry in France during World War I. In addition to his book, was author of the play, Husbands, in 1927, and joint author of What This Town Needs, in 1937. Member, National and Overseas Press Clubs, Radio Pioneers, and University of Alabama Alumni Association.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 97.
Author: I Looked and I Listened: Informal Recollections of Radio and T.V. New York: Random House, 1954.
GROSS, JIMMIE FRANK, 1936-
College professor. Born: April 22, 1936, Wedowee. Parents: Carey Arlin and Minnie Lee (Parker) Gross. Education: Baylor University, B.A., 1957; Auburn University, M.A., 1962; University of Georgia, Ph.D., 1969. Teacher, Augusta College; graduate fellow, Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia; teacher at Armstrong State College in Savannah, Georgia, after 1967. Contributor to the Encyclopedia of Southern History.
Source: History Department, Armstrong State College.
Compiler: The Disenfranchisement of Blacks in Alabama, 1901. Birmingham, Ala.: Alabama Center for Higher Education, 1979.
GUERARD, IONE CROWE, 1889-
Elocutionist. Born: June 26, 1889, River Bend. Married: William Porchen Guerard. Education: Graduate of Alabama College, student of expression and poetry at Columbia College of Expression, Chicago. Presented readings throughout the South; won awards for poems, including the ballad prize of the Poetry Society of Alabama and the Rondel Prize offered through Kaleidograph.
Source: Files at the Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: Singing Thought. Dallas: Kaleidograph Press, 1939.
GUFFIN, GILBERT LEE, 1906-
Baptist minister, dean. Born: August 5, 1906, near Marietta, Ga. Parents: William Thomas and Nora (Eubanks) Guffin. Education: Mercer University, A.B., 1930; B.D., 1935; Th.M. (1936) and Th.D. (1941), Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Married: Lorene Parrish on August 30, 1930. Children: Two. Principal, junior high school, Mabelton Ga., 1927-1928; Marietta, 1930-1933. Ordained in Baptist Church, 1927; served churches in Marietta, 1928-1933; Merchantville, N.J., 1935-1942; Jasper, Ala., 1942- 1947. Served as dean of Baptist Seminars, Walker College, 1942- 1947; founder and director of Extension Division at Howard College, 1947-1949; president, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1950-1961; founder and president of Eastern College in Philadelphia, 1961; trustee after 1961; Dean of Religion, Samford University, 1961-1971, Honorary LL.D., Atlanta Law School, 1951; D.D., Mercer University, 1955; L.H.D. Eastern College, 1972.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 17R.
Author: The Bible: God's Missionary Message to Man. 2 vols. Birmingham, Ala.: Woman's Missionary Union, 1973.
Called of God: the Work of the Ministry. Westwood, N.J.: Revell, 1951.
Eighty-eight Evangelistic Sermons. New York: Harper, 1964.
The Gospel in Isaiah. Nashville: Convention Press, 1968.
How to Run a Church: or, Guides in Church Administration. Birmingham, Ala.: Howard College, 1948.
Pastor and Church: a Manual for Pastoral Leadership. Nashville: Broadman, 1955.
Editor: What God Hath Wrought: Easter's First Thirty-Five Years. Chicago: Judson Press, 1960.
GUNDLACH, JAMES H., 1942-
Professor. Born: December 15, 1942, in Watonga, Okla. Parents: Leo Carl and Clara (Van Dorn) Gunlach. Education: Oklahoma State University, B.A., 1969; University of Texas, M.A., 1975; Ph.D., 1978. Married: Carol on April 31, 1969. Children: One. Associate professor at Auburn University.
Source: James H. Gundlach, Auburn, Ala.
Author: Population Projections of Alabama Counties for 1980, 1990, and 2000 A.D. Auburn, Ala.: Auburn University, 1978.
Joint Author: Sociological Forum. Lexington, Mass.: Xerox Individual Publications, 1976.
GUTHRIE, McCOY, 1910-
Minister, educator. Born: August 15, 1910. Married: Annie D. Davenport. Children: Two. Education: Study at Birmingham Southern College, Emory University, Harvard University. Methodist minister in Guntersville; teacher, Florence State University; vice president, Athens College.
Source: SCRIPSIT
Joint Author And Editor:
Thirty Days of Christian Living on the Job. Guntersville, Ala.: First United Methodist Church, 1974.
Editor: Forty Days of Love. Guntersville, Ala.: First United Methodist Church, s.d.
GUZMAN, JESSIE PARKHURST, 1898-
Professor, dean. Born: December 1, 1898, in Savannah, Ga. Parents: David Cook and Ella (Roberts) Parkhurst. Education: Howard University, A.B., 1919; Columbia University, M.A., 1924; University of Chicago, 1935-1936; American University, 1955-1957. Married: Ignacio L. Guzman on June 25, 1940. Taught in public schools, Greensboro, N.C.; Dillard University and New Orleans College, 1922-1923; Alabama State Teachers College, 1929-1930; Tuskegee Institute, 1923-1928 and 1930-1965, serving as professor, dean of women, and Director of Department of Records and Research. Edited Negro Yearbook, 1947, 1952. Tuskegee Woman of the Year, 1949; secretary, Southern Educational Fund; director, Tuskegee branch of NAACP.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1972; Negro Almanac, 1983; In Black and White, 1980.
Author: Crusade for Civic Democracy: the Story of the Tuskegee Civic Association, 1941-1970. New York: Vantage Press, 1984.
George Washington Carver: a Classified Bibliography. Tuskegee, Ala.: Department of Records and Research, Tuskegee Institute, 1954.
Some Achievements of the Negro Through Education. Tuskegee, Ala.: Department of Records and Research, Tuskegee Institute, 1951.
Joint Author: Desegregation and the Southern States 1957: Legal Action and Voluntary Group Action. Tuskegee, Ala.: Department of Records and Research, Tuskegee Institute, 1951.
Compiler: Civil Rights and the Negro: a List of References Relating to Present Day Discussions. Tuskegee, Ala.: Department of Records and Research, Tuskegee Institute, 1950.
GWALTNEY, LESLIE LEE, 1876-1955
Baptist minister. Born: March 5, 1876, in Elberton, Va. Parents: John Avington Merritt and Sarah Rebecca (Deering) Gwaltney. Education: University of Richmond, 1899-1904; Union Theological Seminary, 1904-1905; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Th.M.; Potomac University, STD, 1908. Ordained in 1902. Married: Richie Thornton Peters on September 23, 1902. Children: Five. Served churches in Prattville, Greenville, and Florence; editor, Alabama Baptist, 1919-1950; trustee, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; organized the Baptist Foundation. Honorary Litt. D., Howard College, 1927.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3.
Author: Christ and Our Liberties. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Printing Co., 1937.
Forty of the Twentieth: or, The First Forty Years of the Twentieth Century. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Printing Co. 1940.
Herald of Freedom. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1939.
Man's Fairest Hope. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1925.
A Message For Today on the Chariots of Fire. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Printing Co., 1941.
A Rosary of Facts. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Printing Co., 1937.