Physician, teacher, writer. Born: July 16, 1921, New York, N.Y. Married: Jane Sherman, June 3, 1943. Children: Three. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1941; Louisiana State University College of Medicine, M.D., 1945; residency, St. Louis Children's Hospital. U.S. Army Medical Corps, 1946-1948; practiced pediatrics, 1951-1970; taught, Washington University School of Medicine, 1978-. Editor of a section in Clinical Pediatrics, 1968-1970; reviewer, American Journal of Public Health, 1975-; authored a number of articles and, as a student of Hudson Strode at the University of Alabama, a play "Stonewall 'Gator," as well as an unpublished novel and two short stories. One of the stories was published in Mademoiselle and later in a Strode anthology, Spring Harvest under the title "The Blade of Grass." The other story was sold to Town and Country but never published.
Source: Kahn's curriculum vitae.
Author: Stonewall 'Gator. University, Ala.: L. Raines, 1942.
KALNOKY, INGEBORG LOUISE, 1909-
Artist, bookkeeper, statistician. Born: Jan. 27, 1909, Metz, France. Parents: Dietrich and Hertha (Rasmuss) von Breitenbuch, of Germany. Married: Count Hugo Kalnoky, of Hungary, June 24, 1934. Children: Four. Education: Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, 1931-1933; studied art in Berlin, 1933-1934. She and her husband opposed the Nazis and were forced to flee Budapest. After World War II, she supervised two homes for the witnesses at the International Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1947, and this experience formed the basis of her book. Moved to the U.S., 1949. Wrote a series, Die Zeugen von Nurnberg (The Witnesses at Nurnberg) for newspapers in Germany in 1946. Statistician, Olen Co., Mobile, Ala., 1954-1959; Jiffy, Inc.; Alabama Board of Health in Mobile; Head Bookkeeper, E.H. Smith & Sons, 1970-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 61; Mobile Press Register, Jan. 12, 1975.
Author: The Guest House. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1974.
KANELOS, FRANK THEODORE, 1948-
Speech-language pathologist, poet. Born: Dec. 23, 1948. Parents: Theodore and Maruka Kanelos. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1971; Southern Methodist University, M.S., 1975. Worked for the Birmingham Public Library, then as a speech- language pathologist. Author of poems published in periodicals, newspapers, and anthologies.
Source: Frank T. Kanelos, Birmingham, Ala.
Author: Opening Doors. New York: Vantage Press, 1982.
Yesterday's Toys. Chicago: Adams Press, 1984.
KATZ, ELAINE S.
Folklorist. Born: Luxembourg. Married: George Katz. Children: Three. Education: Northwestern University, B.A.; University of Alabama, M.A., 1962, Ph.D., 1978. Lived in Germany and England, then in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Michigan, and Illinois before settling in Selma, Ala. Taught: University of Alabama. Member: American Folklore Society; National Council for the Traditional Arts; Tannehill Experimental Learning Advisory Board. Coordinator: "Folklorama '75," a multimedia exhibit of Alabama folklore and folk art.
Source: Folklore for the Time of Your Life.
Author: Folklore for the Time of Your Life. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1978.
Editor and Compiler:
The Kentuck Sampler. Northport, Ala.: Chamber of Commerce, 1975.
KATZ, HAROLD K., 1909-
Engineer, civil servant. Born: Apr. 6, 1909, Warrensburg, N.Y. Married: Louise Dubes. Children: One. Education: Union College, B.S., E.E. Worked for the Federal government in military and civilian capacities; retired from civil service after 36 years. Moved to Guntersville, Ala., 1958. Trustee: Guntersville Public Library; delegate: Alabama Governor's Conference on Libraries and Information Services. Awarded Citizen of the Year, Guntersville Pilot Club, 1975. Published articles in periodicals.
Source: SCRIPSIT.
Joint Author: A Trustee's Manual for Use in Alabama Libraries. S.l.: Friends & Trustees, Alabama Library Association, 1970.
KAY, DONALD, 1939-
Teacher. Born: Aug. 30, 1939. Parents: John Wayne and Louise (Norris) Kay. Married: Carol McGinnis, June 8, 1968. Education: Presbyterian College, A.B., 1961; University of Tennessee, M.A., 1963, Ph.D., 1967. Taught English, University of Alabama, 1967-. Published more than two dozen essays.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57; jacket of The Unknown Samuel Johnson.
Author: Short Fiction in The Spectator. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1975.
Editor: A Provision of Human Nature: Essays on Fielding and Others. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1977.
Joint Editor: The Unknown Samuel Johnson. Madison, Wisc.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.
KEARLEY, FLOYD FURMAN, 1932-
Clergyman, teacher. Born: Nov. 7, 1932, Montgomery, Ala. Parents: J. A. and Zelma (Suggs) Kearley. Married: Helen Bowman, June 18, 1951. Children: Two. Education: Alabama Christian College, B.A., 1954; Harding Graduate School, M.A., 1956, M.R.E. and M.Th., 1965; Auburn University, M.Ed., 1960; Hebrew Union College, Ph.D., 1971. Ordained in the Church of Christ, 1952. Taught at Alabama Christian College in Montgomery, 1956-1969; Lubbock Christian College, 1970-1975; Abilene Christian College, 1975-. Member: Society of Biblical Literature; American Association of Hebrew Professors; Rotary International; Phi Delta Kappa. F.W. Mattox Distinguished Professor award, Lubbock Christian College, 1974.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57.
Author: The Effect of Evolution on Modern Society. S.l.: World Mission Pub., 1974.
God's Indwelling Spirit. Birmingham, Ala.: Parchment Press, 1975.
The Significance of the Genesis Flood. S.l.: World Mission Pub., 1974.
The World and Literature of the Old Testament. Austin, Tex.: Sweet Pub. Co., 1979.
Editor and Contributor:
Biblical Interpretation, Principles and Practice. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1986.
KELLER, HELEN ADAMS, 1880-1968
Lecturer, writer. 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 several schools; Radcliffe College, A.B., 1904. Awarded LL.D., Glasgow University, 1932. Learned to type, was proficient in French and German, and made a special study of philosophy. Her life was devoted to international service for the deaf, blind, and mute; wrote poems and essays and lectured extensively.
Source: Longman's Companion to Twentieth Century Literature; Who Was Who Among North American Authors, 1921-1939; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 101.
Author: A Challenge to Darkness: the Life Story of J. George Scapini. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, 1929.
The Deliverer of Helen Keller: Anne Sullivan Macey. London: Frederick Muller, 1934.
Helen Keller: Her Socialist Years, Writings and Speeches. New York: International Publishers, 1967.
Helen Keller in Scotland. New York: Methuen, 1933.
Helen Keller's Journal, 1936-1937. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, 1938.
If I Had Three Days to See. S.l.: s.n., 1934.
Let Us Have Faith. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, 1940.
Midstream, My Later Life. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1929.
My Religion. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1927.
The Open Door. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1957.
Optimism: an Essay. New York: Crowell, 1903. (Reprinted as My Key of Life, Optimism and also as The Practice of Optimism.)
Out of the Dark: Essays, Letters & Addresses .... Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1927.
Peace at Eventide. New York: Methuen, 1932.
The Song of the Stone Wall. London: Century Co., 1910.
The Story of My Life. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903.
Teacher, Ann Sullivan Macy: a Tribute by the Foster Child of Her Mind. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1955.
The World I Live In. New York: Century Co., 1908.
KELLING, FURN L., 1914-
Beautician, teacher, writer. Born: Sept. 1, 1914, Shawnee, Okla. Parents: William E. and Grace L. (Craig) Kelling. Education: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, certificate in elementary education, 1949; George Peabody College for Teachers, 1949-1950. Owner/operator of beauty shops in St. Louis, Mo., 1933-1947; kindergarten teacher, Knoxville, Tenn., 1950-1952; director of children's work, Baptist Church, Birmingham, Ala., 1952-1955, and similar work for the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention, Phoenix, 1955-1957; director of children's activities, Southern Baptist Convention of California, 1957-1960; similar positions in Oklahoma, California, and Alabama; University of Nevada in Reno. Member: National Association for Nursery Education; National Education Association. Her children's book, Listen to the Night, was included in a U.S. Cultural exhibit in Moscow in 1958.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 17R.
Author: Listen to the Night. Nashville: Broadman, 1957.
Prayer is .... Nashville: Broadman, 1963.
This is My Family. Nashville: Broadman, 1963.
KELLY, MAUD McLURE, 1887-1973
Attorney. Born: June 26, 1887, Mountain Spring, Ala. Parents: Richard Bussey and Leona (Bledsoe) Kelly. Education: Noble Institute in Anniston, graduated 1904; University of Alabama School of Law, graduated 1908. Admitted to the bar, and became the first woman to practice law in Alabama; admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Alabama, 1909; admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, 1914, the first Southern woman so admitted. Practiced law, Birmingham, 1908-1918 and 1924-1931; legal staff of the U.S. Interior Dept., 1918-1924. Active in the Democratic Party, and spoke at rallies and in campaigns; appointed, 1930, to organize the women Democrats of Alabama; represented Alabama as official hostess at the 1932 Democratic National Convention. Historical Materials Collector, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 1944. Member: Alabama Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy; Daughters of the American Revolution; Alabama Society of the United States Daughters of 1812; Alabama Equal Suffrage Association; and many others.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama, Vol. V.
Author: Descent from Richard Pace of Pace's Pains and Samuel Macock. S.l.: s.n. (typescript), 1947.
Compiler: Lineage Book of the Alabama Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Birmingham, Ala.: Works Progress Administration, 1937.
KELLY, RILEY NICHOLAS, 1926-
Journalist, poet. Born: Oct. 16, 1926, Excel, Ala. Parents: Riley Jacob Daniel and Rosalie (Nicholas) Kelly. Education: Emory University, B.A., 1949. U.S. Navy, 1943-1946; teacher, Veterans Administration, 1950-1951; Frisco City Sun; Monroe Journal; regional correspondent for three other Alabama newspapers, 1951-1961; Announcer and Program Director, WMFC radio, Monroeville; partner, Kelly Mill Mercantile Co., Repton, Ala. Member: Alabama State Poetry Society; Alabama State Council on the Arts and Humanities; Pensters (Mobile-Fairhope).
Source: SCROD 1; Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. III.
Author: The Human Way. New York: Exposition Press, 1974.
In Search of Light. New York: Exposition Press, 1969.
Patterns: Poetry. New York: Exposition Press, 1970.
Prize Cache. New York: Exposition Press, 1974.
KENNAMER, JOHN ROBERT, 1873-
Historian, teacher, merchant. Born: Jan. 12, 1873, Kennamer Cove, Ala. Parents: David and Kitty Lewis (Hodges) Kennamer. Married: Sarah Elizabeth Page, Sept. 30, 1896. Children: Seven. Education: Green Academy, Nat, Ala.; Tri-State College, Scottsboro, B.S., 1896. Teacher in Marshall County 10 years, and served a term on the school board; Merchant and postmaster, Woodville, Ala., 1903-1946. Elder, Church of Christ; originated the Kennamer Family Association of Alabama, Inc.; editor, The Kennamer Family Bulletin.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama, Vol. IV.
Author: History of Jackson County, Alabama. Winchester, Tenn.: Southern Printing and Publishing Co., 1935.
The Story of Woodville and Community Album. Lanett, Ala.: s.n., 1950.
Joint Editor: The Kennamer Family. Nashville: McQuiddy Printing Co., 1924.
KENNAMER, LORRIN GARFIELD, 1897-
Teacher. Born: 1897, Marshall County, Ala. Parents: John Robert and Sarah Elizabeth (Page) Kennamer. Married: Ruth Lee Hart. Children: Three. Education: M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. Teacher, Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College. Author of syndicated articles and radio speaker.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama.
Author: The Geography of the Callahan Divide: a Study in the Adjustment of Industry to Environment. Nashville: George Peabody College for Teachers, 1932.
Joint Author: Geography. Austin, Texas: Steck, 1962.
Joint Editor: Geography as a Professional Field. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, 1966.
Kennamer Family History. Nashville: McQuiddy Printing Co., 1924.
KENNAMER, REXFORD, 1920-
Physician. Born: July 4, 1920, Guntersville, Ala. Parents: Charles Brents and Birdie (Hooper) Kennamer. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1942; Jefferson Medical College, M.D., 1945; interned at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Fla., 1945-1946. U.S. Army Medical Corps, 1947-1949; Residency, U.S. Veterans Hospital, McKinney, Tex., 1947-1950; fellowship in cardiology at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital and UCLA Medical School; practiced in Beverly Hills, Calif., 1954-. Published more than 50 articles and presented over 25 papers before 1979. Fellow: American College of Cardiology; American College of Chest Physicians.
Source: SCRIPSIT; Biographical Directory of the American College of Physicians.
Joint Author: Accelerated Conduction. New York: Grune & Stratton, 1952.
Auricular Arhythmias. Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1952.
Contributor: Heart Care, edited by Morris Fishbein. Garden City, N.Y.: Hanover House, 1966.
KENNEDY, JO MYRTLE COLBURN
Teacher, speaker. Born: Greensboro, Ala. Married: Robert Kennedy, Selma, Ala. Children: Four. Education: Alabama College at Montevallo; University of Alabama, B.S. in secondary education; George Wallace Community College. Teacher in Selma schools; private piano teacher; organist at several protestant churches and at the Jewish Temple in Selma; became a speaker on the French settlements in Alabama and Mississippi. Member: Toastmasters International.
Source: Dauphin Island: French Possession.
Author: Dauphin Island: French Possession, 1699-1980. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1980.
KENNEDY, WALTER WALLACE, 1898-
Banker. Born: Dec. 20, 1898, Birmingham, Ala.: Parents: Hughes B. and Katherine (Hausman) Kennedy. Married: Myra Belle Pope, Sept. 18, 1926. Children: Three. Education: University of Alabama, B.S. and LL.B.; Rutgers University, Graduate School of Banking. U.S. Army in World War I; U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; retired in 1959 with the rank of colonel; in civilian life was an attorney and president of the First National Bank of Montgomery, 1948-; taught, American Institute of Banking; taught, Louisiana State University, School of Banking of the South. Active in civic and religious organizations in Montgomery; Senior Warden, Episcopal Church of the Ascension; Board of Regents, Rutgers University, Graduate School of Banking; president, Alabama Banking Association; Administrative Committee, American Bankers Association. A gifted amateur artist, his paintings were exhibited at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.
Source: Library of Alabama Lives, 1961; files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: Bank Management. Boston: Bankers Pub. Co., 1958.
KENNY, MICHAEL S., 1863-
Clergyman. Born: Glankeen, Tipperary, Ireland. Parents: Dermot Shelley and Kathleen (Maders) Kenny. Education: Crescent and Mungret College, Limerick; Royal Irish University; Divinity Schools of Dublin and Ghent; Fordham University, Ph.D. Awarded the D.Litt. by Spring Hill College, 1930. Emigrated to the United States in 1886, naturalized in 1892. Ordained in the Roman Catholic Church, 1897. Taught at Spring Hill College in Alabama, Loyola University in New Orleans, La., and Creighton University in Omaha, Neb.; lectured extensively; moved to New York in 1908 and co-founded America, a Catholic weekly, and was its associate editor until 1915. In his 50th Jesuit year, the governor of Louisiana, the mayor of New Orleans, and some 200 graduates of Loyola University gathered at a public reception for him.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama; Mobile Press Register, 1946.
Author: American Masonry and Catholic Education. New Orleans, La.: Holy Spirit Society, 1919.
Catholic Culture in Alabama: Centenary Story of Spring Hill College, 1830-1930. New York: America Press, 1931.
Ireland's Case: .... New Orleans, La.: Morning Star Pub., 1919.
The Martyrs of Virginia, 1571. Richmond, Va.: Society for the Propagation of the Faith of the Diocese of Richmond, 1936.
The Mexican Crisis: Its Causes and Consequences. Brooklyn, N.Y.: International Catholic Truth Society, 1927?
No God Next Door: Red Rule in Mexico and Our Responsibility. New York: William J. Hirten Co., 1935.
Pedro Martinez, S.J., Martyr in Florida, 1565: Jesuit Protomartyr of the New World. St. Leo, Fla.: Abbey Press, 1939.
The Romance of the Floridas: the Finding and Founding. Milwaukee: Bruce, 1934.
Joint Author: Glankeen of Borrisoleigh, Tipperary Parish. Dublin: J. Duffy & Co., 1944.
KENT, DAVID (Pseudonym)
See: Birney, Herman Hoffman
KERNODLE, GEORGE RILEY, 1907-
Theater director, teacher. Born: Mar. 17, 1907, Camp Hill, Ala. Parents: Julius Arthur and Anne (Slaughter) Kernodle. Married: Portia Baker. Education: St. Lawrence University, B.S., 1926; Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1926-1928; Columbia University, 1928-1929; University of Chicago, M.A.; Yale University, Ph.D., 1937. Taught, Ball State Teachers College, 1930-1932; Western Reserve University, 1936-1945; University of Iowa, 1945-1950; University of Tulsa, 1950-1952; University of Arkansas, 1952-. Visiting professor appointments at several universities; Sterling Fellow in Europe, 1938-1939; Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, 1939; Arkansas Alumni Association Award, 1973. Member: American Theater Association; American Society for Theater Research. Directed over 100 plays; translated and produced eight Moliere plays.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 65.
Author: From Art to Theatre. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1944.
Invitation to the Theatre. New York: Harcourt, 1967.
The Miser: a New Version with Songs in the Style of the Period as Produced at the State University of Iowa, March 18, 1946. Iowa City, Iowa: s.n., 1946.
Perspectives in the Renaissance Theatre: the Pictorial Sources and the Development of Scenic Forms. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1937.
Theatre in History. Fayetteville, Ark.: University of Arkansas Press, 1989.
Joint Author: The Renaissance State. Coral Gables, Fla.: University of Miami Press, 1958.
KHATRI, ABDULLAH AHMED, 1924-
Sociologist, teacher. Born: Aug. 3, 1924, Mandvi-Kutch, India. Parents: Ahmed Ismail and Aminabai Sueleman Khatri. Married: Manju Dedhia, Aug. 25, 1967. Children: Two. Education: Bombay University, B.A., 1946, LL.B., 1948, M.A., 1949, M.Sc., 1956; University of London, Ph.D., 1970. Taught, Samaldas College in Bhavanagar, India, 1949-1950; employed, Government of Bombay Guidance Bureau, 1950-1951; employed, B.M. Institute in Ahmedabad, India, 1957-1965; taught, Jacksonville State University, 1965-1967; University of Alabama, 1970-. Fulbright Senior Scholar, 1965-1967. Member: International Sociological Association; American Sociological Association.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1978.
Author: Marriage and Family, Relations Throughout Literature. Bayside, N.Y.: General Hall, Inc., 1983.
Joint Author: Perspectives on Marriage and the Family. Lexington, Mass.: Xerox College Publishing, 197-.
KIGER, JOSEPH CHARLES, 1920-
Historian, teacher. Born: Aug. 19, 1920, Covington, Ky. Married: Jean Moore, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1947. Education: Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1943; University of Alabama, M.A., 1947; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1950. Taught, University of Alabama, 1950; Washington University, 1950-1951; Director of Research, House Select Committee to Investigate Foundations, 1952-1953; Staff associate, American Council on Education, 1953-1955; Assistant Director, Southern Fellowship Fund, 1955-1958; taught, University of Alabama, 1958-1961; University of Mississippi, 1961-, Chairman, History Dept., 1969- 1974. Guggenheim Fellow, 1960-1961; Rockefeller Grant, 1961; Consultant on philanthropists, Dictionary of American Biography, 1968-. Member: American Historical Association; Organization of American Historians; Southern Historical Association.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982.
Author: American Learned Societies. Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press, 1963.
Foundations. New York: Greenwood Press, 1984.
Historiographic Review of Foundation Literature: Motivations and Perceptions. New York: Foundation Center, 1987.
A History of Mississippi. Oxford, Miss.: University of Mississippi, 1973.
Operating Principles of the Larger Foundations. New York: Russell Sage, 1954.
Research Institutions and Learned Societies. New York: Greenwood Press, 1982.
Joint Author: Sponsored Research Policy of Colleges and Universities. Washington, D.C.: American Council on Education, 1954.
Editor: International Encyclopedia of Foundations. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
KILPATRICK, CARROLL, 1913-
Journalist, writer. Born: Sept. 2, 1913, Montgomery, Ala. Parents: Andrew Carroll and Mary (Anderson) Kilpatrick. Married: Frances Talbot Williams, Mar. 6, 1941. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1935; graduate study, Harvard University, 1939-1940. Reporter, 1935-1937, Washington correspondent, 1939-1943, Birmingham News and Age-Herald; Associate editor and European correspondent, Montgomery Advertiser, 1937-1939; Washington correspondent, Raleigh News and Observerand Yorkshire Post, 1940-1943; correspondent, Chicago Sun, 1943-1946; correspondent, San Francisco Chronicle, 1946- 1951; national affairs writer, Newsweek, 1940; assistant chief, U.S. State Dept. press section, 1951-1952; staff writer and White House correspondent, Washington Post, 1952-1975; freelance writer, 1975-. Merriman Smith Award for best White House correspondence from the White House Correspondents Association, 1971; Woodrow Wilson National Fellow, 1974. President, White House Correspondents Association; member, Overseas Writers Association.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 69.
Editor: Roosevelt and Daniels: a Friendship in Politics. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1952.
Joint Editor: The Kennedy Circle. Washington, D.C.: Luce, 1961.
KILPATRICK, EMMET, 1890-
Legislator, teacher, soldier, interpreter. Born: Nov. 20, 1890, Camden, Ala. Parents: John Young and May (Carleton) Kilpatrick. Education: Maryville College, B.A.; Johns Hopkins University, M.A., 1923; University of Paris, Ph.D., 1924; post graduate work at the University of Mexico City and University of Rennes in France. Taught, University of South Carolina, 1925- 1936; Troy State Teachers College, 1937-; Perry County Legislator, 1923-1927; U.S. Army, World War I and World War II; interpreter, Peace Conference of Paris; instructor after WWII in the School of Military Government and was involved in reopening the University of Marburg and the high schools in Hessen-Nassau. In 1920, he was with a Y.M.C.A. unit connected with the White Army in South Russia; captured by the Bolsheviks and held for a year. Sentenced to death as a spy, he slipped a message out in the clothing of a prisoner being released, and the U.S. government demanded and obtained his release.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama.
Author: The Political History of Alabama During the War of Secession. Paris: E. de Boccard, 1924.
KIMBALL, SOLON TOOTHAKER, 1909-
Anthropologist, teacher. Born: Aug. 12, 1909, Manhattan, Kan. Parents: Charles A. and Matie (Toothaker) Kimball. Married: Hannah J. Price, Dec. 24, 1935. Children: Two. Education: Kansas State University, B.S., 1930; Harvard University, A.M., 1933, Ph.D., 1936. Section head, U.S. Govt. Office of Indian Affairs, Window Rock, Ariz., 1936-1942; employed, War Relocation Authority, Washington, DC, 1942-1945; taught, Michigan State University, 1945-1948; University of Alabama, 1948-1953; Teachers College of Columbia University, 1953-1966; University of Florida, 1966-. Visiting professor at various universities; consultant to universities and research centers. Did anthropological research in Ireland, Michigan, Alabama, and with the Navajo Indians. Social Science Research Council faculty fellowship, 1961-1962; Guggenheim Fellowship, 1966-1967; awarded the D.Sc., Kansas State University, 1963.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 21R.
Author: Community Government in War Relocation Centers. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1946.
The Craft of Community Study: Fieldwork Dialogues. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press, 1979.
Culture and the Educative Process. New York: Teachers College Press, 1974.
Editor: Readings in the Science of Human Relations. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1949.
Joint Editor: Crossing Cultural Boundaries. San Francisco: Chandler Pub. Co., 1972.
Culture and Community. New York: Harcourt, 1965.
Education and the New America. New York: Random House, 1962.
Family and Community in Ireland. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1940.
Learning and Culture. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1973.
The Talladega Story. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1954.
KIMBROUGH, WILLIAM EDWARD, 1918-1965
Teacher, writer. Born: Aug. 15, 1918, Meridian, Miss. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., M.A. Taught, University of Alabama, 1941-1965. Julius Rosenwald fellowship, 1943; Houghton Mifflin literary fellowship, 1944. Member: Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Harry A. Warfel, American Novelists of Today, 1951; files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: From Hell to Breakfast. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1941.
Nightfire. New York: Rinehart, 1946.
The Secret Pilgrim. New York: Rinehart, 1949.
KING, CLINTON PATRICK, 1918-
Genealogist, merchant marine. Born: Nov. 7, 1918, Lauderdale County, Miss. Parents: William Richard and Mattie Caroline (Mosley) King. Married: Dorothy Valentina Terrell, June 3, 1961. Education: East Central Junior College, Decatur, Miss., 1937-1938; University of South Alabama, 1970-1973. U.S. Merchant Marine, 1941 to retirement in 1968; genealogical and local history researcher, 1975-; historical research consultant, University of South Alabama, 1980-1985. Contributed the chapter, "Florida," in Kenn Stryker-Rodda's book, Genealogical Research: Methods and Resources, Washington, D.C., American Society of Genealogists, 1983.
Source: Clinton P. King, Mobile, Ala.
Author: Abstracts of Orphans Court Minutes, Mobile County, Alabama. Mobile, Ala.: Alabama Ancestors, 1987-
Transcriptions of Wills, Mobile County, Alabama. Mobile, Ala.: Alabama Ancestors, 1988.
Joint Compiler and Editor:
Marriages of Mobile County, Alabama, 1813-1855. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1985.
Marriages of Mobile County, Alabama, 1856-1870. Mobile, Ala.: Alabama Ancestors, 1985.
Naturalization Records of Mobile, Alabama, 1833-1906. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1986.
KING, CORETTA SCOTT, 1927-
Musician, speaker. Born: Apr. 27, 1927, Heiberger, Perry County, Ala. Parents: Obie and Bernice (McMurry) Scott. Married: Martin Luther King, Jr., June 18, 1953. Children: Four. Education: Antioch College, B.A.; New England Conservatory of Music, B.Mus. Voice instructor, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, 1962; sometimes substituted as a speaker for her husband during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Organized the Freedom Concert, inaugurated at Town Hall in New York in 1964 and presented more than thirty such programs with benefits going to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center. Member: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; National Council of Negro Women; Women Strike for Peace; United Church Women; Alpha Kappa Alpha. President, Martin Luther King, Jr. Foundation and Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center. Board of directors of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the National Organization for Women.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 29R.
Author: My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Holt, 1969.
KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR., 1929-1968
Clergyman. Born: Jan. 15, 1929, Atlanta, Ga. Parents: Martin Luther and Alberta (Williams) King. Married: Coretta Scott, June 17, 1953. Children: Four. Education: Morehouse College, A.B., 1948; Crozer Theological Seminary, B.D., 1951; Boston University, Ph.D., 1955; additional study at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University. Pastor, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Ala., 1950s; president: Montgomery Improvement Association; Southern Christian Leadership Conference; vice president: National Sunday School and Baptist Training Congress, National Baptist Convention; led the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. J. Louis Crozer fellowship at Crozer Theological Seminary; awarded the L.H.D. by Morehouse College, Howard University, Morgan State College and Central State College; awarded an honorary D.D. by Boston University and Chicago Theological Seminary; Nobel Peace Prize, 1964. Assassinated: Apr. 4, 1968.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4.
Author: Strength to Love. New York: Harper, 1964.
Stride Toward Freedom: the Montgomery Story. New York: Harper, 1958.
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? New York: Harper, 1967.
Why We Can't Wait. New York: Harper, 1964.
KING, RICHARD G., 1922-
Teacher. Born: Dec. 31, 1922, Cambridge, Mass. Parents: John Fitch and Hilda (Clark) King. Married: Mary Louise Mears, June 21, 1944. Children: Two. Education: Williams College, A.B., 1943; Harvard University, M.A., 1950, Ed.D., 1958. U.S. Navy Submarine Service, 1943-1946; high school teacher, South Byfield, Mass., 1946-1948; director, Office of Tests, Harvard, 1952-1954; assistant director, College Entrance Examination Board, 1954- 1956; associate director of admissions and financial aid, Harvard, 1956-1960; director, Office for Graduate Career Plans, Harvard, 1960-1966; lecturer in education and research associate, Center for the Study of Education and Development, 1963-1970; coordinator of a high school project in Nigeria, 1963-1964; field director of a Central American project in higher education, 1964- 1965; taught, University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1970-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 37R.
Joint Author: The Technology of Instruction in Mexican Universities. New York: Education and World Affairs, 1968.
The Provincial Universities of Mexico: an Analysis of Growth and Development. New York: Praeger, 1971.
KING, SPENCER BIDWELL, 1904-
Historian, teacher, editor. Born: Feb. 19, 1904, Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Spencer Bidwell and Lizzie (Dodson) King. Married: Caroline Paul, Dec. 26, 1934. Children: Three. Education: Mercer University, A.B., 1929; George Peabody College, M.A., 1936; University of North Carolina, Ph.D., 1950; additional study at Emory University, Vanderbilt University, and University of Michigan. Taught Mars Hill College, 1933-1934; Mercer University, 1934-, chair, History Dept., 1946-. Visiting summer professor at Furman, Emory, University of Georgia. Chairman of the board of editors for Ardivan Press in Macon, Ga.; columnist, Macon Telegraph and News; Georgia editor, Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists; contributor, Encyclopaedia Britannica and Colliers Encyclopedia. Carnegie grant, 1950; United Daughters of the Confederacy Award, 1962, for contribution to southern literature; Dixie Council of Authors and Journalists Award, 1968; Georgia Writers' Association First Prize, 1969; Daughters of Colonial Wars Teacher Award, 1973.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. P-1.
Author: Darien: the Death and Rebirth of a Southern Town. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1981.
Ebb Tide as Seen Through the Diary of Josephine C. Habersham. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1958.
Georgia Voices: a Documentary History to 1872. Athens, Ga: University of Georgia Press, 1966.
Selective Service in North Carolina in World War II. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1949.
Silver Anniversary History of the Ingleside Baptist Church, 1951-1976, Macon, Ga. S.l.: s.n., 1976.
Sound of Drums: Selected Writings of Spencer B. King. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1984.
Joint Author: History of Georgia. S.l.: American Book Co., 1954.
Editor: Eliza Andrews' Wartime Journal of a Georgia Girl. Macon, Ga.: Ardivan Press, 1960.
John C. Butler's Historical Record of Macon and Central Georgia. Macon, Ga.: J.W. Burke, 1958.
Rebel Lawyer: the Letters of Thodorick W. Montfort. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1966.
KIRBY, LELIAS EUGENE, 1895-1977
Physician. Born: Oct. 28, 1895, Etowah County, Ala. Parents: Lasley Stewart and Nannie Lee (Spradley) Kirby. Married: Jean Harms, Aug. 19, 1927. Children: Three. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1924; Emory University, M.D., 1926. Organized the Wesley Foundation; served on the Jefferson County, Alabama Board of Education and the Board of Trustees of Huntingdon College; founded East End Memorial Hospital in Birmingham, 1947. Held most offices in the Methodist Church and taught an adult Sunday School class. Wrote a weekly newspaper column for many years, and his hobbies included after-dinner speaking and making unusual walking canes.
Source: Grove's Library of Alabama Lives.
Author: Corncobs, Cockleburs and Country Boys. Nashville: Williams, 1973.
Cotton Pickin' Coon Huntin' Country Boys. Birmingham, Ala.: Cather Pub. Co., 1975.
How Me and Amos Won World War I. Birmingham, Ala.: Commercial Printing Co., 1975.
KIRK, DOLLY WILLIAMS, 1863-1941
Teacher. Born: Oct. 28, 1863, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Parents: George Hamilton and Julia Anne (Owen) Kirk. Education: New Orleans; Sophie Newcomb College; Chautauqua, New York; University of Michigan; Columbia University. Taught in the grammar schools of Montgomery beginning in 1894, later became a member of the high school faculty and head of the English department in 1917. Won the annual prize of the Alabama State Federation of Womens Clubs in 1903 with a Shakespearean paper; contributed poems and stories to magazines. Member: Daughters of the American Revolution; Tintagil Literary Club.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama, Vol. 3; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 5.
Joint Author: With Spurs of Gold: Heroes of Chivalry and Their Deeds. Boston: Little Brown, 1905.
KIRK, MARY WALLACE, 1889-1978
Artist, poet, educator. Born: July 26, 1889, Tuscumbia, Ala. Parents: James T. and Ella Pearsall (Rather) Kirk. Education: Agnes Scott College, A.B., 1911, Phi Beta Kappa. Served on the Board of Trustees of Agnes Scott College for 61 years, the first woman in the South to be elected to the board of a ranking women's college; president, 2 terms, general alumnae association of Agnes Scott, and was instrumental in the erection of its club house, the first alumnae club house on a college campus. Member: National Board, Young Women's Christian Association; president, Alabama Poetry Society; member, Southern State League; Alabama Art League; Southern Print Makers. Received a silver loving cup from the Poetry Society of Alabama. Her etchings received prizes from Southern State Art League and the Laguna Beach, California Art Association. Her antebellum home, Locust Hill, provided the background for some of her writings, and her art work illustrated it.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57; files at the Birmingham Public Library.
Author: Cabins and Characters. Birmingham, Ala.: Southern University Press, 1969.
Locust Hill: This House Was Full of People. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1975.
Of Days and Seasons at Locust Hill. S.l.: s.n., 1977.
The Sum of Living: a Collection of Poems. S.l.: s.n., 1973.
KIRKLIN, JOHN W., 1917-
Physician. Born: Aug. 5, 1917, Muncie, Ind. Education: University of Minnesota, B.A., 1938; Harvard University, M.D., 1942; diplomas from the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 1950. Surgeon, and teacher at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and University of Minnesota, Mayo Clinic, 1950-1966; professor, Dept. chairman, surgeon-in-chief of hospitals and clinics, University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1966-. Awarded honorary degrees by the University of Munich and Hamline University.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1979.
Author: Cardiac Surgery and the Conduction System. New York: Wiley, 1983.
Systems Analysis in Surgical Patients .... Glasgow, Scotland: University of Glasgow, 1970.
The Tetralogy of Fallout from a Surgical Viewpoint. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1970.
Contributor: Advances in Cardiovascular Surgery. New York: Grune & Stratton, 1973.
KITCHENS, WILLIAM F., 1911-
Teacher, vocational counselor, poet. Born: June 10, 1911, Pontotoc County, Miss. Parents: Zephaniah B. and Sarah Francis (Staggs) Kitchens. Married: Iva Louise Stringfellow, June 15, 1930. Children: One. Education: Athens College; Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1947; University of Alabama, M.A., 1956. Employed, Pullman Standard Manufacturing Co., 1941-1943; U.S. Army, 1943-1945; Vocational programs of the Bessemer Board of Education, 1946-1947; Jefferson County, 1947-1949; DeKalb County, 1950-1952; taught, Birmingham Board of Education, 1952-1974.
Source: William F. Kitchens, Hueytown, Ala.
Author: Armageddon. (epic poem). New York: Frederick Press, 1960.
The Dusty Road. New York: Exposition Press, 1965.
KNAPP, WILLIAM J.
Musician, manager. Native of LaSalle, Ill. Worked in carnivals during the depression as a palmist and astrologer; concert pianist and organist; attended seminary and was a graduate of Lewis Hotel Training School in Washington, D.C. Lived in Montgomery, 1942-, where he managed several apartment buildings.
Source: Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Author: The Miracle of Seven Pines. New York: Vantage, 1964.
KNIGHT, GEORGE W., 1940-
Clergyman. Born: Aug. 5, 1940, Lineville, Ala. Parents: Ermon G. and Ruby K. (Perry) Knight. Married: Dorothy J. Boster, Nov. 29, 1963. Children: Two. Education: Jacksonville State University, 1958-1960; University of Alabama, B.A., 1962; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, B.D., 1965, Th.M., 1966. Employed, Baptist Sunday School Board, Nashville, Tenn., 1967-1980; Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1985-1986; Seminary Extension Department, Southern Baptist Convention, 1987-.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: How to Publish a Church Newsletter. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1983.
Key Bible Verse Parallel. Nashville: T. Nelson, 1987.
The Layman's Overview of the Bible. Nashville: T. Nelson, 1987.
Pastoral Ministries Base Design. Nashville: Convention Press, 1971.
The Second Marriage Guidebook: Dealing with the Unique Factors of the Second Wedding. Brentwood, Tenn.: J. M. Productions, 1983.
Wedding Ceremony Idea Book. Brentwood, Tenn: J. M. Productions, 1983.
Wedding Ceremony Idea Book. Brentwood, Tenn.: J. M. Productions, 1984.
Compiler: The Christian Home in the 70's. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1974.
"Church Bulletin Bits". Vols. 1-3. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1976-1987.
Clip-Art Features for Church Newsletters. Vols. 1-2. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1986.
Clip-Art Sentence Sermons for Church Publications. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1986.
Instant Cartoons for Church Newsletters. Vols. 1-3. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1982-1986.
Plain Talk About Growing Old: and Other Articles from Home Life and Mature Living, for Senior Adults. Nashville: Convention Press, 1977.
Editor and Compiler:
Preaching People to People. Nashville: Convention Press, 1972.
Editor: Ministering to Families. Nashville: Convention Press, 1971.
Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Nashville: T. Nelson, 1986.
1973 Summer Youth Program Activities. Nashville: Convention Press, 1973.
KNIGHT, THOMAS, 1943-
Teacher, baseball coach, lecturer. Born: June 25, 1943, Monroeville, Ala. Education: Alabama State University, B.A., 1963; Kansas State College, M.A., 1969; Oklahoma State University, Ph.D., 1974; additional study at Marquette University and the University of Iowa. Taught and coached, Blount High School, Mobile County, 1963-1967; minor league baseball coach, San Francisco Giants organization, 1964-1965; taught, Alabama State University, 1968-1971; Ottawa University in Kansas, 1971- 1973; graduate research assistant, Oklahoma State University, 1974; chair, Urban Studies Dept. and director, Urban Life Center, Alabama State University, 1974-. Special envoy for the Israeli Embassy to consult in Middle Eastern Affairs for 2 years. Directed a TV documentary "Black Colleges and the Performing Arts", 1970. Lectured on "The Urban Dilemma of Black Americans."
Source: Who's Who Among Black Americans, 1980.
Author: Separatism on the American Frontier. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1977.
KNOX, DAVID H., JR., 1943-
Sociologist, teacher, marriage counselor. Born: Dec. 1, 1943, Birmingham, Ala. Education: Auburn University, B.A., 1966; Florida State University, M.A., 1967, Ph.D., 1969. Taught, East Carolina University, 1969-; marriage counselor, Nelson Clinic, 1969-. Fellowship in behavior modification, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1970-1971. Member: American Association of Marriage Counselors; Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy; National Council of Family Relations.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1978.
Author: Choices in Relationships: an Introduction to Marriage and the Family. St. Paul. Minn.: West Pub. Co., 1971.
Discussion Guide to Accompany a Love Attitude Inventory. Saluda, N.C.: Family Life Publications, 1971.
Dr. Knox's Marital Exercise Book. New York: McKay, 1975.
Exploring Marriage and the Family. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman, 1979.
Human Sexuality. St. Paul, Minn.: West Pub. Co., 1984.
Living Sociology. St. Paul. Minn.: West Pub., 1990.
Marriage Happiness: a Behavioral Approach to Counseling. Champaign, Ill.: Research Press Co., 1971.
Marriage Inventory. Champaign, Ill.: Research Press Co., 1971.
Marriage: Who? When? Why? Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice- Hall, 1974.
Joint Author: One Child by Choice. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1977.
KNOX, JOHN, 1905-
Writer. Born: Carlsbad, N.M. Married: Lorene Oliver, 1959. Children: Four. Education: Abilene Christian College; McMurry College. Spent his early childhood in Eutaw, Ala., where his father was a Presbyterian minister; later moved to South Carolina, Texas, and back to Decatur, Ala. Freelance writer of short stories, short novels, and poems; wrote the first official history of Morgan County, Ala., based on a series of articles for the Decatur Daily.
Source: Files at the Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: A History of Morgan County, Alabama. Decatur, Ala.: Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control, 1972.
The Story of Decatur, Alabama. Decatur, Ala.: Mayor and Council, 1970.
KNOX, ROSE BELL, 1879-
Teacher, children's writer. Born: Dec. 16, 1879, Talladega, Ala. Parents: W.A. and Bell (Wadsworth) Knox. Education: Agnes Scott College; Columbia University. Childhood was spent largely on the estate of relatives in Sumter County, Ala., some in New York City. Taught 7 years at Mississippi State College. Her first book was on school activities, but she is best known for her children's books.
Source: American Authors and Books; Owen's The Story of Alabama; files at the Birmingham Public Library.
Author: The Boys and Sally Down on a Plantation. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, 1930.
Cousins' Luck in the Louisiana Bayou Country. New York: Macmillan, 1940.
Footlights Afloat. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, 1937.
Gray Caps. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, 1932.
Marty and Company on a Carolina Farm. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, 1933.
Miss Jimmy Deane and What Happened at Pleasant Meadows. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, 1930.
Patsy's Progress. New York: Dodd Mead, 1935.
School Activities and Equipment. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1927.
The Step Twins. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, 1938.
KOCH, WALTER FERDINAND, 1922-
Geographer, public administrator. Born: Oct. 8, 1922, Hamburg, Germany, but was an American citizen. Married: 1945. Children: Four. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1956, M.A., 1957, Ph.D. in International Studies, 1961. Administrative Assistant, Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1955- 1957; taught geography, University of Alabama, 1957-. Editor, Alabama Geographer; state coordinator, National Council of Geography Educators; member, Association of American Geographers.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1976.
Author: The City Government of Huntsville, Alabama: an Organizational Survey. University, Ala: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1958.
Municipal Debt in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala: Alabama League of Municipalities, 1958.
KOHN, JOHN PETER, JR., 1902-
Attorney. Born: Dec. 27, 1902, Montgomery, Ala. Parents: John P. and Clementina R. (Cram) Kohn. Married: Margaret Thorington, Mar. 6, 1937. Children: One. Education: Starkes University School, Montgomery; St. Louis University; Spring Hill College; University of Alabama, LL.B., 1925. Admitted to the bar, 1925; practiced law, Montgomery, 1925-; Captain, Alabama National Guard, 1936; U.S. Army, 1940-1945; county attorney, 1946-; special attorney for the governor, 1964-1965; associate justice of a Special Supreme Court of Alabama, 1968. Member: American Bar Association; Alabama Bar Association; Montgomery Bar Association.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1973; Who's Who in America, 1978.
Author: The Cradle, an Anatomy of a Town, Fact and Fiction. S.l.: s.n, 1969.
The Voters' Primary. Montgomery, Ala.: s.n., 1938.
Widows, Divorce, Marriage. Montgomery, Ala.: Author, 1976.
KRACKE, ROY RACHFORD, 1897-1950
Physician. Born: Dec. 5, 1897, Hartselle, Ala. Parents: Henry August and Carrie Camilla (Puryear) Kracke. Married: Virginia Carolyn Minter, Oct. 17, 1925. Children: Six. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1913-1914; University of Alabama, B.S., 1924; Rush Medical College, University of Chicago, M.D., 1927. Worked as a pharmacist, 1914-1917; U.S. Navy, 1917-1921; taught, University of Alabama, 1925-1926; taught, Emory University, 1926-1944; first Dean of the Medical College, University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1944-, where he taught pathology, bacteriology, and laboratory medicine. Awarded a certificate of merit for medical research by the American Medical Association, 1934; gold medal, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 1935. Fellow, American College of Physicians; member: American Board of Pathology; American Medical Association; Medical Association of Georgia; Georgia Academy of Science; Phi Beta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3; Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama in Birmingham.
Author: Color Atlas of Hematology, .... Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1947.
Diseases of the Blood and Atlas of Hematology. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1937.
A Laboratory Manual of Bacteriology and Serology for Students of Medicine. Atlanta: Banner Press, s.d.
Editor: A Textbook of Clinical Pathology. Baltimore: W. Wood & Co., 1938.
KRAUSE, RICHARD A., 1938-
Anthropologist, teacher. Born: June 26, 1938, Grand Island, Neb. Education: University of Nebraska, B.A., 1961, M.A., 1962; Yale University, Ph.D., 1967. Taught, University of Nebraska, 1966-1967; taught, Ohio State University, 1967-1968; University of Missouri, 1968-1974; University of Alabama, 1974-, chair, Department of Anthropology.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1971; Alabama and the Borderlands.
Author: The Clay Sleeps: an Ethnoarchaeological Study of Three African Potters. Tuscaloosa, Ala: University of Alabama Press, 1985.
The Leavenworth Site: Archaeology of an Historic Arikara Community. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1972.
Joint Author: The Tombigbee Watershed in Southeastern Prehistory. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, [1985?]
Contributor: Alabama and the Borderlands: from Prehistory to Statehood. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1985.
KROLL, HARRY HARRISON, 1888-
Teacher, sawmill operator, photographer. Born: 1888, Indiana. Education: George Peabody College, B.S., M.S. Family moved to Tennessee and then to the piney woods area of Marengo County, Ala. when he was young. Worked at sawmilling and photography before passing the state teachers examination. Taught, Lincoln Memorial University, Tennessee; a small Methodist college in Iowa; Peabody College; University of Tennessee at Martin.
Source: Files at Jacksonville State University.
Author: Bluegrass, Belles, and Bourbon: a Pictorial History of Whiskey in Kentucky. New York: A. S. Barnes, 1967.
Cabin in the Cotton. New York: R. Long and R. R. Smith, Inc., 1931.
Darker Grows the Valley. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1947.
For Chloe With Love. New York: Lea and Shepard Co., 1959.
Fury in the Earth. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1945.
The Ghosts of Slave Driver's Bend. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1937.
I Was a Sharecropper. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1937.
Keepers of the House. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1940.
The Long Quest: the Story of John Wesley. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster Press, 1954.
Lost Homecoming. New York: Coward, McCann, 1950.
Mountainy Singer. New York: W. Morrow & Co., 1928.
My Heart's in the Hills. Louisville: Westminster Press, 1956.
Perilous Journey: a Tale of the Mississippi River and the Natchez Trace. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943.
Rider on the Bronze Horse. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1942.
Riders in the Night. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965.
Rogue's Company: a Novel of John Murrell. New York: Bobbs- Merrill, s.d.
The Smouldering Fire. New York: Ace Books, 1955.
Summer Gold. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster Press, 1955.
Their Ancient Grudge. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1946.
Three Brothers and Seven Daddies. New York: R. Long and R. R. Smith, Inc., 1932.
The Usurper. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1941.
Waters Over the Dam. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1944.
Joint Author: Mounds in the Mist. New York: A. S. Barnes, 1970.
KUYKENDALL, JOHN W., 1938-
Theologian, teacher. Born: 1938. Education: Davidson College, B.A.; Union Theological Seminary, B.D.; Yale Divinity School, S.T.M.; Princeton University, M.A., Ph.D. Taught after 1973 and was head of the Department of Religion at Auburn University; president of Davidson College, 1980s.
Source: Auburn Alumnews; Auburn University Catalog.
Author: Southern Enterprize. New York: Greenwood Press, 1982.
Joint Author: Presbyterians, Their History and Beliefs. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1978.