University professor. Born: May 2, 1925, Washington, D.C. Parents: Rep. George and Bertha (Baxley) Huddleston. Married: Herbert L. Packer, March 15, 1958. Children: Two. Education: Birmingham-Southern College, A.B., 1945; University of Chicago, M.A., 1947; Stanford University, 1959-1960. Employed as a staff writer by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, 1952-1954. Taught at Stanford University, 1968-. Member of the American Association of University Professors.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 65.
Author: In My Father's House: Tales of an Unconformable Man. Santa Barbara, Calif.: J. Daniel, 1988.
Small Moments and Other Stories. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1976.
The Women Who Walk. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1989.
Joint Author: The Short Story: an Introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976.
Writing Worth Reading: a Practical Guide. New York: St. Martin's, 1986.
PAIGE, LEROY ROBERT "SATCHEL", 1906-1982
Professional baseball player. Born: 1904-1908?, Mobile. Played baseball with the Chattanooga Black Lookouts (1927?), Birmingham Black Barons, New Orleans Black Pelicans, Pittsburgh Crawford Giants until 1948; winter ball in Latin America, 1935-1941. Signed with the Cleveland Indians, 1948; Kansas City Monarchs, 1950; St. Louis Browns, 1951. Voted most valuable relief pitcher for the Browns in 1951, 1952, and 1953. Statistics: won 23 games, last 4 in 1933; pitched 29 games in 29 days, 1934; winning streaks of 21 games and 62 scoreless innings. Named to Baseball Hall of Fame, 1971, Nickname for shoe size (14), "Satchel Foot", shortened to "Satch".
Source: Webster's American Biographies, Current Biography 1952 and 1982; and Reader's Digest, June, 1949.
Author: Pitchin' Man. Cleveland s.n., 1948.
Joint Author: Maybe I'll Pitch Forever. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1962.
PALMER, THOMAS WAVERLY, 1860-1926
University professor, college president. Born: May 19, 1860, Snow Hill. Parents: Dabney and Martha A. (Simpson) Palmer. Married: Lulu Ranier, December 22, 1886. Children: Five. Education: Howard College in Marion, 1877-1878; University of Alabama, A.M., 1881; B.E., 1882; honorary LL.D., 1906; University of Chicago. Taught math at the University of Alabama, 1881-1907; served as dean of academic faculty, 1905-1907. Elected president of the Alabama Girls Industrial School (Montevallo). Member and chairman of State Textbook Commission (1913-1918) and the State Board of Vocational Education (1917-1919); president of the Alabama Education Association, 1920-1921.
Source: National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 20 and Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1.
Author: A Register of the Officers and Students of the University of Alabama, 1831-1901. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: The University Press, 1901.
PALMER, THOMAS WAVERLY, JR., 1891-1968
Attorney, insurance executive. Born: February 25, 1891, Tuscaloosa. Parents: Thomas Waverly and Lula (Ranier) Palmer. Married: Maquerite Ellen Meehan, July 2, 1919, in Chiquicamata, Chile. Children: Six. Education: Marion Institute; University of Alabama, B.A., 1910; Harvard University, LL.B., 1913; Sheldon Travelling Fellowship for legal research and study at the Universidad Central in Madrid. Admitted to the Alabama Bar in 1913 and practiced in Birmingham until 1917. Served with the Alabama National Guard, Mexican Border Service, 1918; attorney for the Chile Exploration Company and U.S. Consular agent in Chiquicamata, 1919-1921; attorney, Standard Oil Company, 1927- 1929. During World War II, counsel of the Petroleum Supply Committee for Latin America; director of the Creole Oil Company in Venezuela; president and director of the Ancon Insurance Company and director of the Balboa Insurance Company.
Source: Current Biography, 1949.
Author: Gringo Lawyer. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press, 1956.
Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of Spain. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1915.
Joint Author: United States Relations With Latin America. New York: National Foreign-Trade Council, 1940.
PANNELL, ANNE THOMAS GARY, 1910-
University professor, college president. Born: September 10, 1910, Durham, N.C. Parents: Alexander Henry and Anne Roche (Thomas) Gary. Married: Henry Clifton Pannell, September 2, 1936. Children: Two. Education: Barnard College, B.A., 1931; Ph.D., Oxford University, 1935. Taught at Alabama College, 1934- 1935; University of Alabama, 1939-1949; Goucher College, 1949- 1950; president of Sweet Briar College, 1950-1971. Served as president of the Southern Association of Virginia Colleges and American Association of University Women; vice president of the American Council on Education. Awarded an International Fellowship at Barnard; elected to an Oxford place at the Historical Research at London University. Member of the American, Southern, and Alabama Historical Associations, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Current Biography, 1950, Leaders in Education, 1974, and Contemporary Authors, Vol. 2P.
Author: Canada, Our Northern Neighbor. Washington, D.C.: American Association of University Women, 1951.
Joint Author: Julia S. Tutwiler and Social Progress in Alabama. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1961.
PANNELL, HENRY CLIFTON, 1897-1946
School teacher, administrator, university professor. Born: July 24, 1897, Elmore County. Parents: William Henry and Emma Jeannette (Hodnet) Pannell. Married: Anne Thomas Gary, September 2, 1936. Children: Two. Education: Jacksonville State Normal College, 1915-1918; University of Alabama, B,A., 1922; A.M., 1925; Teachers College of Columbia University, Ph.D., 1933. Taught in elementary schools of Macon and Elmore Counties, 1918-1929; principal of Montgomery County Junior High School, 1922-1924; principal of Normal High School in Jacksonville, 1925- 1927; supervisor of teacher training at the University of Alabama, 1928-1935; professor, 1935-1943; Superintendent of Tuscaloosa City Schools, 1943; elected State Superintendent of Education of Alabama, 1946.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 2.
Author: The Preparation and Work of Alabama High School Teachers. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1933.
Joint Author: School Administrative Problems in Suburban Municipalities. University, Ala.: Bureau of Educational Research, College of Education, University of Alabama, 1946.
The World at Work. Auburn, Ala.: Prather Publishing Co., 1935.
PARK, ROBERT EMORY, 1849-1909
School teacher. Born: January 13, 1849, LaGrange, Ga. Parents: John and Sarah (Neary) Park. Married: Stella Swanson. Married: Ella H. Holt. Married: Emily Hendree Stewart. Children: Two. Education: Attended Greenville Academy and Brownwood Institute in LaGrange; Emory University and Alabama A & M College (Auburn); honorary degrees from Emory and API. Served as a captain in the 12th Alabama Regiment; wounded and captured, September 19, 1864. Taught at Tuskegee High School; principal of the Lucas Institute at Mt. Meigs. Moved to Georgia and worked as publishing firm agent; elected Georgia State Treasurer for six terms.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: Twelfth Alabama Regiment. Richmond, Va.: William Ellis Jones, 1906.
PARKER, BETTY JUNE, 1929-
Teacher, writer. Born: June 3, 1929, Decatur, Ala. Parents: Charles and Jane (Meadows) Persinger. Education: Berea College, B.A., 1950; George Peabody College, M.A., 1956. Married: Franklin Parker on June 12, 1950. Taught at Ferrum College, 1950-1952; Belmont College, 1955-1956; Walkill School (N.Y.), 1956-1957; reading instructor at the University of Texas at Austin, 1963-1967. Fulltime writer after 1967.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 7NR
Author: U.S. Higher Education: a Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale Research, 1980.
Joint Author: Education in Puerto Rico amd of Puerto Ricans in the United States: Abstracts of American Doctoral Dissertations. San Juan, P.R.: Inter American University Press, 1976.
Women's Education, a World View. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1979.
Joint Editor: American Dissertations on Foreign Education: a Bibliography With Annotations. Troy, N.Y.: Whitson Pub., 1971-.
PARKER, WILLIAM VANN, 1901-
Professor, dean. Born: December 22, 1901, in Monroe, N.C. Parents: Benjamin Franklin and Sarah Della (Cox) Parker. Education: University of North Carolina, A.B., 1923; A.M., 1924; Princeton University, 1926-1927; Brown University, Ph.D., 1931. Married: Carolyn Adele Edwards on July 3, 1926. Children: Three. Taught at the University of the South, 1924-1925; University of North Carolina, 1925-1931; Princeton University, 1926-1927; Mississippi Women's College, 1931-1934; Georgia Institute of Technology, 1934-1936; Louisiana State University, 1936-1947; University of Georgia, 1947-1950; Auburn University, serving as department head and dean, 1950-. Member of the Mathermatics Association of America.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1976-1977
Joint Author: Matrices. New York: Ronald Press, 1960.
PARKS, JOSEPH HOWARD, 1903-
University professor. Born: December 16, 1903, Mulberry, Tenn. Parents: Benjamin N. and Minnie (Taylor) Parks. Married: Alliene Templeton, July 25, 1931. Children: One. Education: Middle Tennessee State College, B.S., 1927; University of Alabama, M.S., 1930; University of California at Berkeley, 1932; University of Michigan, 1933; Ohio State University, Ph.D, 1937. Taught at the University of Tennessee, 1934-1938; Memphis State College, 1938-1943; Birmingham Southern College, 1943-1958; University of Georgia, 1958-; University of Georgia Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor, 1967-1971. Member of the American, Southern, and Mississippi Historical Associations, Organization of American Historians, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1978, Directory of American Scholars, 1982 and Contemporary Authors, Vol. 1R.
Author: Felix Grundy. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1940.
General Leonidas Polk, C.S.A.: the Fighting Bishop. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1962.
Joseph E. Brown of Georgia. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press. 1977.
Joint Author: Birmingham Southern College, 1856-1956. Nashville: Parthenon Press, 1957.
John Bell of Tennessee. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1950.
The Story of Alabama. Atlanta, Ga.: T. E. Smith, 1952.
The Story of Tennessee. Oklahoma City, Okla.: Harlow Publishing Co., 1952.
PARR, JOHNSTONE, 1911-
University professor. Born: May 5, 1911, Washington, D.C. Married: 1935. Children: Four. Education: University of Alabama A.B., 1935; A.M., 1936; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1941. Taught at the University of Alabama, 1938-1939, and 1941- 1962; Kent State University, 1962-1978. Member of the Modern Language Association and the Shakespeare Association of America.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 7th Edition.
Author: Basic Bibliographies and Aids for Research in English Studies. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1953.
Tamburlaine's Malady, and Other Essays on Astrology in Elizabethan Drama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1953.
PARTIN, ROBERT LOVE, 1899-
University professor. Born: August 25, 1899, Pelham, Tenn. Parents: James Carter and Melvina (Henley) Partin. Married: Sidnah McDonald Sherard, August 4, 1930. Education: Middle Tennessee State College, B.S.; 1927, M.A.; George Peabody College for Teachers, 1928; Ph.D., 1935; Columbia University, 1932. Taught at the Darlington School in Rome, Ga., 1927-1928; Peabody College, 1928-1929; Selma High School, 1929-1937; Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn), 1937-. Served as president Auburn Faculty Forum, 1945-1946. Member of the Southern, Alabama, and Tennessee Historical Associations, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Alpha Theta.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1971-1972.
Author:
Lee County Jokes 100 Years Ago: a Case Study in Reconstruction Humor in Alabama. Loachapoka, Ala.: Lee County (Ala.) Historical Society, 1973.
The Secession Movement in Tennessee. Nashville: George Peabody College for Teachers, 1935.
Map: Town of Edenton, N.C., Corporate Limits. Edenton: s.n., 1979.
PARTRIDGE, MRS. BENJAMIN WARING, JR.
See: Latner, Claudia Patrick Wallace
PATRICK, LUTHER, 1891-1957
Attorney, congressman, radio commentator. Born: January 23, 1891, Morgan County. Parents: Frank R. and Nancy Lucretia (Cobbs) Patrick. Education: Attended the University of Alabama, Purdue University, and Louisiana State University (electrical engineering); University of Alabama Law School, 1918. Served in U.S. Army, 1919. Admitted to the Alabama Bar in 1919. Served as city attorney for Fairfield, 1920-1922; assistant attorney general of Alabama, 1929-1931; assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Alabama, 1934-1937; U.S. Congressman from the Ninth District of Alabama, 1937-1943 and 1945-1947; radio commentator in Birmingham, 1925-1937. Member of the law firm of Patrick and Newman.
Source: Owen's Story of Alabama, Vol. 40.
Author: Friends, Neighbors, Kinfolks. Prairie City, Ill.: 1946.
Goosepocket. Birmingham, Ala.: Vulcan Press, 1915.
Hope Ye're Livin' and Doin' Well. Birmingham, Ala.: A. H. Cather Co., 1931.
PATRICK, WALTON RICHARD, 1909-
University professor. Born: September 9, 1909, Collins, Miss. Parents: John R. and Annie Elizabeth (Welch) Patrick. Married: Miriam Morris Farriday, August 28, 1937. Education: Mississippi State University, B.S., 1933; Louisiana State University, M.A., 1934; Ph.D., 1937; Ford Foundation Fellowship at Columbia University, 1953-1954. Taught at Louisiana State; professor and department head at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn), 1947-. Served in the U.S. Army, 1942-1946.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3.
Author: From Texas to Teisnach with the 457 AAA Aw Batallion. S.l.: A. Humblot, 1945.
Ring Lardner. New York: Twayne, 1963.
Joint Author: Southern Literary Culture. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1955.
Joint Editor: American Short Stories, 1820 to the Present. Chicago: Scott, Foresman, 1964.
Realism and Romanticism in Fiction: an Approach to the Novel. Chicago: Scott, Foresman, 1962.
Short Stories of the Western World. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman, 1969.
What is the Short Story: Case Studies in the Development of a Literary, Form. Chicago: Scott, Foresman, 1961.
PATTERSON, RICHARD NORTH, 1947-
Attorney. Born: February 2, 1947, Berkeley, Calif. Parents: Richard W. and Marjorie Frances (North) Patterson. Married: Judith Anne Riggs, January 12, 1974. Children: Two. Education: Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A., 1968; Case-Western Reserve University, J.D., 1971; creative writing classes at the University of Alabama. Admitted to Ohio Bar, 1971, Washington, D.C., 1973, and Alabama; practiced law in Birmingham, 1975-1978; attorney for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1973- 1975; attorney in San Francisco, 1978-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 85.
Author: Degree of Guilt. New York: Knopf, 1993.
Escape the Night. New York: Random, 1983.
Lasko Tangent. New York: Norton, 1979.
Outside Man. Boston: Little, Brown, 1981.
Private Screening. New York: Villard Books, 1985.
PATTY, JAMES SINGLETON, 1925-
University professor. Born: July 17, 1925, Florence, Ala. Parents: Isham Harrison and Clara (Singleton) Patty. Education: University of North Carolina, A.B., 1945; M.A., 1947; Ph.D. Taught at the University of Colorado, 1953-1954; University of Tennessee, 1954-1960; Washington and Lee University, 1960-1964; Vanderbilt University, 1964-. Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Toulouse, 1951-1952.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 53.
Editor: Electre: Piece en Deux Actes. New York: Appleton, 1965.
Joint Editor: Etudes Baudelairiennes III: Hommage W. T. Bandy. Neuchatel: Baconniere, 1973.
PAXTON, MARY JEAN WALLACE, 1930-
Former nun, university professor. Born: November 30, 1930, Married: Robert G. Haagens, December 28, 1972. Married: David G. Paxton, December 27, 1978. Children: One. Education: St. Mary's College of Notre Dame, B.S., 1957; University of Notre Dame, Ph.D., 1964; graduate fellowship from the National Science Foundation, 1962-1963; postdoctoral fellowship from the Worchester Foundation, 1964. Entered the Congregation of Sisters of Holy Cross in 1949; took vows in 1952; released from vows in 1970. Taught at St. Mary's College, 1965-1968; Harvard University, School of Public Health, 1968-1971; Massachusetts General Hospital, 1971-1973; Rhode Island College, 1973-1978; Jacksonville State University, 1981-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 109.
Author: Endocrinology: Biological and Medical Perspectives. Dubuque, Iowa: C. Brown Co., 1986.
The Female Body in Control. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall, 1981.
Joint Author: Biological and Medical Aspects of Conception. Notre Dame, Ind.: Notre Dame University Press, 1970.
PAYNE, LEONIDAS WARREN, JR., 1873-1945
University professor. Born: July 12, 1873, Auburn. Parents: Leonidas Warren and Mary Jane (Foster) Payne. Married: Mary Susan Bledsoe, 1897. Children: Four. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1892; M.S., 1893; University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., 1904. Taught at the Southwestern Alabama Agricultural School in Evergreen, 1894-1901; Jacksonville State Normal School, 1901-1902; Harrison Fellow in English at the University of Pennsylvania, 1902-1904. Associate editor of Worchester's Dictionary, 1904-1906. Taught at Louisiana State University, 1906; University of Texas, 1906-. Co-founder and first president of the Texas Folklore Society, 1910.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 2 and Who's Who of North American Authors.
Author: History of American Literature. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1918.
A Survey of Texas Literature. New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1928.
Joint Author: Using Our Language. Chicago: Wheeler Pub.Co., 1935.
Compiler: Learn to Spell: a High-School Book. New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1916.
A Word-List from East Alabama. Austin, Tex.: s.n., 1909.
Editor: American Literary Readings. Chicago: Rand, McNally, 1917.
The Hector of Germanie: or, The Palsgrave Prime Elector. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1906.
Selections from American Literature. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1919-1926.
Selections from English Literature. New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1919.
Southern Literary Readings. New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1913.
Joint Editor: Enjoying Literature. 4 vols. New York: Rand, McNally, 1936.
Literature for the Junior High School. New York: Rand, McNally, 1929.
Texas Poems. Dallas, Tex.: Dealey & Lowe, 1936.
PAYNE, PIERRE STEPHEN ROBERT, 1911-1983
Newspaper correspondent, information officer, university professor. Born: December 4, 1911, Saltash, Cornwall, England. Parents: Stephen and Mireille Antoinette (Dorey) Payne. Education: Attended Diocesan College, Rondebosch, South Africa, 1929-1930; University of Capetown, 1931-1932; University of Liverpool, 1933-1936; University of Munich, 1937; the Sorbonne, University of Paris, 1938; honorary M.A. from the Asia Institute in New York, 1951. Employed with father as a shipbuilder, 1932- 1933; war correspondent in Spain, 1938; armament officer at Singapore Naval Base, 1939-1941; British Ministry of Information, Chunking, China, 1941-1942; war correspondent for the London Times, in Changsha, China. Taught at Fuhtan University, 1942- 1943; Lienta University, 1943-1946; Alabama College (Head of English Department), 1949-1954. Wrote under the pseudonyms: Richard Cargoe, John Anthony Devon, Howard Horne, Valentin Tikhonov, and Robert Young.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 25R and 109.
Author: Alexander the God. New York: Norton, 1964.
Ancient Greece: the Triumph of a Culture. New York: 1964.
The Barbarian and the Geisha. Barcelona: Pan Books, 1958.
The Bear Coughs at the North Pole. New York: Dodd, 1947.
Blood Royal. New York: Prencice-Hall, 1952.
The Blue Nigger, and Other Stories. London: Grey Walls Press, 1947.
By Me, William Shakespeare. New York: Everest House, 1980.
The Canal Builders: the story of Canal Engineers Through the Ages. New York: Macmillan, 1959.
Caravaggio: a Novel. Boston: Little, Brown, 1968.
Chiang Kai-shek. New York: Weybright & Talley, 1969.
The Chieftain, a Story of the Nez Perce People. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1953.
China Awake. New York: Dodd, 1947.
The Chinese Diaries, 1941-1946. New York: Weybright & Talley, 1970.
The Chinese Soldier, and Other Stories. London: s.n., 1945.
The Christian Centuries from Christ to Dante. New York: Norton, 1966.
Chunking Diary. London: Heinemann, 1945.
Concord Bridge. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1952.
The Corrupt Society: from Ancient Greece to Present-day America. New York: Praeger, 1975.
David and Anna. New York: Dodd, 1947.
The Deluge. New York: Twayne, 1954.
Dostoyevsky: a Human Portrait. New York: Knopf, 1961.
The Dream and the Tomb: a History of the Crusades. New York: Stein & Day, 1984.
La Espade del Islam. Barcelona: Caralt, 1977.
Eyewitness: a Personal Account of a Tumultuous Decade, 1937-1946. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1972.
The Fathers of the Western Church. New York: Viking, 1951.
Forever China. New York: Dodd, 1945.
The Fortress. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1967.
Gershwin. New York: Pyramid Books, 1960.
The Gold of Troy: the Story of Heinrich Schliemann and the Buried Cities of Ancient Greece. London: Scientific Book Club, 1958.
The Granite Island, and Other Poems. London: Jonathan Cape, 1945.
The Great Garbo. New York: Praeger, 1976.
The Great God Pan: a Biography of the Tramp Played by Charles Chaplin. New York: Heritage House, 1952.
The Great Man: a Portrait of Winston Churchill. New York: Coward, 1974.
The Holy Fire: the Story of the Fathers of the Eastern Church. New York: Harper, 1958.
The Holy Sword: the Story of Islam from Muhammad to the Present. London: A. Deutsch, 1961.
The Horizon Book of Ancient Rome. New York: American Heritage Press, 1966.
A House in Peking. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1956.
The Island: the Story of the Fortunes and Vicissitudes and Triumphs of the Island Once Known as Manchonake...Now Known as Gardiner's Island... New York: Harcourt, 1958.
The Isles of Greece. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964.
Journey to Persia. London: Heinemann, 1951.
Journey to Red China. London: Heinemann, 1947.
Lawrence of Arabia, a Triumph. New York: Pyramid Books 1962.
Leonardo. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1978.
The Life and Death of Adolph Hitler. New York: Praeger, 1973.
The Life and Death of Lenin. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964.
The Life and Death of Mahatma Gandhi. New York: Dutton, 1969.
The Life and Death of Trotsky. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1977.
The Lion Roars. London: Heinemann, 1949.
The Lord Jesus. New York: Abelard, 1964.
Lost Treasures of the Mediterranean World. New York: Thomas Nelson, 1962.
Love and Peace. London: Heinemann, 1945.
Maharajah. Cleveland, Ohio: World, 1951.
Mao Tse-tung Ruler of Red China. New York: Schuman, 1950.
The Marshall Story: a Biography of General George C. Marshall. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1951.
Marx. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968.
Massacre. New York: Macmillan, 1973.
Mexico City. New York: Harcourt, 1968.
The Mountain and the Stars. Boston: Little, Brown, 1938.
O Western Wind. New York: Putnam, 1957.
Peking Elegies. New York: Blue Dolphin Press, 1978.
A Rage for China. New York: Holt, 1977.
Red Lion Inn. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1951.
Red Storm Over Asia. New York: Macmillan, 1951.
Report on America. New York: Day, 1949.
The Revolt of Asia. London: Day, 1948.
The Rise and Fall of Stalin. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965.
The Roaring Boys. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1955.
The Roman Triumph. New York: Abelard, 1963.
The Rose Tree. New York: Dodd, 1947.
The Shepherd. New York: Horizon, 1959.
Singapore River. London: Heinemann, 1942.
Song of the Peasant. London: Heinemann, 1939.
The Splendor of France. New York: Harper, 1963.
The Splendor of Greece. New York: Harper, 1960.
The Splendor of Israel. New York: Harper, 1963.
The Splendor of Persia. New York: Knopf, 1957.
The Splendor of the Holy Land: Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon. New York: Harper, 1976.
The Splendors of Asia: India, Thailand, Japan. New York. Viking, 1965.
Sun, Stones and Silence. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963.
Sun Yat-sen, a Portrait. New York: Day, 1946.
The Terrorists: the Story of the Forerunners of Stalin. New York: Funk, 1957.
The Three Worlds of Albert Schweitzer. New York: Thomas Nelson, 1957.
The Three Worlds of Boris Pasternak. New York: Coward, 1961.
The Tormentors. New York: Sloane, 1950.
Torrents of Spring. New York: Dodd, 1946.
The Tortured and the Damned: a Novel. New York: Horizon Press, 1977.
The Wanton Nymph. London: Heinemann, 1951.
War in the Marshes. London: Faber, 1938.
The White Rajahs of Sarawak. New York: Funk, 1960.
The World of Art. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1972.
The Yellow Robe: a Novel of the Life of Buddha. New York: Dodd, 1948.
A Young Emperor, a Novel. New York: Macmillan, 1950.
A Young Man Looks at Europe. London: Heinemann, 1938.
Zero, the Story of Terrorism. New York: Day, 1950.
Joint Author: Ivan the Terrible. New York: Crowell, 1975.
The Splendor of Byzantum. New York: Viking, 1967.
Editor: Contemporary Chinese Poetry: an Anthology. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1947.
Contemporary Chinese Short Stories. New York: N. Carrington, 1946.
The Unknown World of Karl Marx. New York: New York University Press, 1971.
The White Pony: an Anthology of Chinese Poetry from the Earliest Time to the Present Day. New York: Day, 1947.
Compiler and Annotator:
The Civil War in Spain, 1936-1939. New York: Putnam, 1962.
Translator: Boris Pasternak: the Collected Prose Works. London: Drummond, 1945.
New York: Chinese Earth. London: Allen & Unwin, 1948.
New York: Envy. London: Hogarth Press, 1936.
Fear and Trembling: a Dialectial Lyric. London: Oxford University Press, 1939.
The Image of Chekhov: 40 Stories in the Order in Which They Were Written. New York: Knopf, 1963.
Love and Other Stories. New York: Washington Square Press, 1967.
A Portrait of Andre Malraux. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1970.
PAYNE, ROBERT PRINCE, 1911-
Baptist minister. Born: July 29, 1911, Woodstock, Ga. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Payne. Married: Ruby Farmer. Children: One. Education: Mercer University, Columbia Bible College in Columbia, S.C. Pastor in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama.
Source: Sheens in the Shadows.
Author: Sheens in the Shadows: Poetry. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Printing Co., 1950.
PEAK, HUGH STANFORD, 1924-
College teacher. Born: May 16, 1924, Birmingham. Parents: Hugh Stanford and Minnie Louise (Hardy) Peak. Married: Joyce Carter, May 14, 1949. Children: One. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1948; University of Alabama, M.B.A., 1969; Ph.D., 1984. Taught at Jefferson State Junior College, serving as chairman of the Marketing and Distribution Department, 1970-.
Source: Supermarket Merchandising and Management, and Mr. Hugh S. Peak, Oneonta.
Joint Author: Supermarket Merchandising and Management. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1977.
PEARSALL, MARION, 1923-
University professor. Born: April 27, 1923, Brooklyn, N.Y. Parents: George Martin and Anna Laura (White) Pearsall. Education: University of New Mexico, B.A., 1944; University of California at Berkeley, Ph.D., 1950. Taught at the University of Arkansas, 1950; research fellow at Rhodes Livingstone Institute, British Central Africa, 1951; University of Alabama, 1952-1956; post doctoral social science resident, Russell Sage Foundation, 1956-1958; rural sociologist at the University of Kentucky, 1958- 1964; professor at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, 1964-.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982-1983.
Author: Klamath Childhood and Education. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1950.
Little Smoky Ridge. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1959.
Medical Behavioral Science: a Selected Bibliography of Cultural Anthropology, Social Psychology, and Sociology in Medicine. Lexington, Ky.: University of Kentucky, 1963.
Joint Author: The Talladega Story. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1954.
The Anthropology of Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1969.
PEARSON, ALLEN MOBLEY, 1909-
Biologist, extension specialist, university professor. Born: January 14, 1909. Married: Mary Elizabeth Duncan. Children: One. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1931; M.S.; Ph.D., Iowa State, 1936. Employed by the Soil Conservation Service, U.S.D.A., 1935-1937; associate specialist at Auburn University, 1943-1971. Named emeritus professor at Auburn in 1972. Member of the Wildlife Society, American Society of Mammals, and the American Ornithologists Union.
Source: American Men and Women of Science. 1982.
Joint Author: The Mourning Dove in Alabama. S.l.: Alabama Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit and the Department of Conservation, State of Alabama, 1941.
PEARSON, ANLOUISA, 1898-
Poet. Born: November 29, 1898. Autauga county. Parents: Albert Augustus and Mary Catherine (Hicks) Pearson. Education: Select School for Girls and Women's College in Montgomery. Early poetry appeared in Southern newspapers and the New York Sun.
Source: Who Was Who Among North American Authors.
Author: Just Life (poems). Autaugaville, Ala.: s.n., 1929.
Love in a Garden. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1957.
PECK, SAMUEL MINTERN, 1854-1938
Physician, writer. Born: November 4, 1854, Tuscaloosa. Parents: Elisha Wolsey and Lucy Lamb (Randall) Peck. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1876; post-graduate work at Columbia University and the Alliance in Paris; Bellevue Hospital Medical College, M.D., 1879. First poet laureate of Alabama, filling that post from 1930 to 1938.
Source: Owen's History of Alabama.
Author: Alabama sketches. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1902.
The Autumn Trail. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: The Torch Press, 1925.
Cap and Bells. New York: White, Stokes & Allen, 1800.
Fair Women of Today. New York: F. A. Stokes, 1895.
Maybloom and Myrtle. Boston: D. Estes & Co., 1910.
Rhymes and Roses. New York: F. A. Stokes, 1895.
Rings and Love Knots. New York: F. A. Stokes, 1892.
Song Lyrics: All For You. Cincinnati, Ohio: John Church Company, 1899.
Creole Song, Op. 85. Boston: W. A. Evans & Bro., 1883.
The Daffodil's Secret, Op. 3, No. 2. New York: C. Saerchinger, 1904.
Mignon. New York: Edward Schuberth, 1893.
PENDELL, ELMER, 1894-1982
Lawyer, university professor. Born: July 28, 1894, Waverly, N.Y. Parents: George and Ida (Harris) Pendell. Married: Lucille Hunt, 1930. Children: One. Education: George Washington University, LL.B., 1917; University of Oregon, B.S., 1921; University of Chicago, A.M., 1923; Cornell University, Ph.D., 1929; studied population under James A. Field and Walter F. Wilcox. Served in U.S. Army during World War I; awarded the Purple Heart and the Distinguished Service Cross. Worked for the Republican National Committee and U.S. senators, 1944-1945; executive secretary of the Ashtabula County Historical Society, 1955-1956. Taught at Pennsylvania State University, 1933-1944; Baldwin Wallace College, 1946-1954; Olivet College, 1956-1957; Jacksonville State University, 1957-1965.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982-1983.
Author: Miracle (poetry). S.l.: Author, 1971.
The Next Civilization. Dallas: Royal Publishing Co, 1960.
Population on the Loose. New York: Funk, 1979.
Population Roads to Peace and War. Washington, D.C.: Population Reference Bureau, 1945.
Religions Roots in Biological Evolution. Jacksonville, Fla.: Author, 1969.
Rhymed Reminders. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Author, 1970.
Sex Versus Civilization. Los Angeles, Calif.: Noontide, 1967.
Why Civilizations Self Destruct. Cape Canaveral, Fla.: H. Allen, 1977.
Wisdom to Guide You. Jacksonville, Fla.: Author, 1960.
Editor: Society Under Analysis. Lancaster, Pa.: Jacques Cattell Press, 1942.
PENDLETON, PANTHEA (Pseudonym)
See: Bullock-Willis, Virginia
PENICK, LADIE AVERETTE FONVILLE, 1895-
Born: December 11, 1895, Tuskegee. Parents: William Drakeford and Mary (Yancy) Fonville. Married: Clifton Hewitt Penick, October 19, 1918. Children: Three.
Source: Averette Penick Lackey, Birmingham, Ala..
Author: How a Totem Pole Was Made and Other Tales. New York: Vantage Press, 1969.
PENNINGTON, EDGAR LEGARE, 1891-1951
Episcopal priest. Born: January 15, 1891, Madison, Ga. Parents: Hinton Crawford and Lenena Ligon (Reeves) Pennington. Married: Gertrude Guerry Barnett, June 25, 1940. Education: University of Georgia, LL.B., 1914; Cornell University, M.A., 1923; studied for the ministry and ordained into the Episcopal Church in 1921. Served as an ensign in the U.S. Navy, aboard the USS President Lincoln. Served as rector of parishes in Homer, N.Y.; Marianna, Jacksonville, Ocala, and Miami, Fla.; St. John's Church in Mobile. Recalled to active duty with the Navy in 1941. One of the founders of the Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church, appointed historiographer of the Episcopal Church, 1949.
Source: American Antiquarian Society. Proceedings. Vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 7-8, 1952.
Author: America's First Public Library: the Provincial Library at Charles-Town in Carolina, 1698. Columbia, S.C.: South Carolina State Library, 1970.
Apostle of New Jersey, John Talbot, 1645-1727. Philadelphia: The Church Historical Society, 1938.
The Beginning of the Episcopal Church in the Miami Area. Hartford, Conn.: Church Missions Pub. Co., 1941.
The Beginning of the Library in Charles Town, South Carolina. Worcester, Mass.: The Church Historical Society, 1935.
The Church of England and the Reformation. Eton, England: Savile Press, 1952.
The Church of England and the Reverend Clement Hall in Colonial North Carolina. Hartford, Conn.: Church Missions Publishing Co., 1937.
The Church of England in Colonial New Hampshire. Hartford, Conn.: Church Missions Publishing Co., 1937-1938.
The Church of England in Colonial Virginia. Hartford, Conn.: Church Missions Publishing Co., 1937.
Commissary Blair. Hartford, Conn.: Church Missions Publishing Co., 1936.
The Episcopal Succession During the English Reformation. Windsor Eng.: Savile Press, 1952.
The First Hundred Years of the Church of England in Rhode Island. Hartford, Conn.: Church Missions Pub. Co., 1935.
Fr. J.0.S. Huntington, O.H.C., at Miami. Hartford, Conn.: Church Missions Publishing Co., 1940.
George White. Hartford, Conn.: Church Missions Publishing Co., 1943.
John Freeman Young, Second Bishop of Florida. Hartford, Conn.: Church Missions Publishing Co., 1939.
Nathaniel Evans: a Poet of Colonial America. Ocala, Fla.: Taylor Printing Co., 1935.
The Planting of Christianity Among the West-Saxons. Windsor, Eng.: Savile Press, 1951.
The Reverend Arthur Browne of Rhode Island and New Hampshire. Hartford, Conn.: Church Missions Publishing Co., 1938.
The Reverend John Checkley. Hartford, Conn.: Church Missions Publishing Co., 1935.
The Reverend John Jacob Tschudy: Dedicated to the Dalcho Historical Society, 1951. Charleston: Dalcho Historical Society, 1954.
The Reverend Thomas Bray. Philadelphia: Church Historical Society, 1934.
Scottish Bishops and Their Consecrators. Hartford, Conn.: Church Missions Publishing Co., 1941.
PENNY, KATE MAYHEW SPEAKE, 1864-1947
Writer. Born: 1864, Lawrence County. Parents: Henry O. and Carolyn Olivia (Mayhew) Speake. Married: James Edwin Penny. Children: Two. Education: Huntsville Female Seminary. One of the organizers of the Birmingham Chapter of League of American Pen Women and served as it's first president; president of the Alabama State Chapter. Member of the Writers Club (President), Quest Club, and Alabama Writers Conclave. Her book, A Women's Problem, contributed to furthering the cause of temperance reform.
Source: Marks' Who Was Who in Alabama and from Biographical Dictionary of Southern Authors.
Author: A Common Lot. Cincinnati, Ohio: Editor Publishing Co., 1898.
Cross Currents. Boston: B. Humphries, Inc., 1938.
Land Poor, and Six Shorter Stories. New York: H. Vinal Limited, 1928.
My Daughter. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Pub. Co., 1946.
Us. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1934.
A Woman's Problem. Toronto: W. Briggs, 1905.
PENNY, MORRIS M., 1942-
Aerospace engineer. Born: February, 17, 1942, Piedmont. Parents: Lawson and Faye (Morgan) Penny. Married: Peggy Hyatt, March 16, 1965. Children: One. Education: Auburn University, Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering, 1965; Alabama A & M University, MBA, 1977. Work for NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, 1961-1965; Langley Research Center, 1965-1966; Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, 1966-. Received a NASA commendation for his contribution to the space program.
Source: Morris M. Penny, Huntsville, Ala..
Author: Penny Generations: a History of Riley Penny's descendants. Huntsville, Ala.: Author, 1982.
A Valley Heritage: the King-Morgan Families of Calhoun County, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.: Author, 1983.
PENNY, ROBERT LYNN, 1935-
Actor, director, university professor. Born: June 29, 1935, Anniston. Education: Columbia University's School of Drama, 1956; Wofford College, B.A., 1957; University of North Carolina, M.A.; 1959; University of Alabama, Ph.D, 1968. Taught at the University of Alabama, 1961-1967; Old Dominion University, 1968- 1969; University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1969-. Performed in theatres in Norfolk, Williamsburg, Tuscaloosa, and Birmingham. Directed plays in New York and El Paso. Contributed poetry to Contemporary Literature in Birmingham, an Anthology, Nit and Wit, Chicago's Literary Arts Magazine, Comment, Folio, and College English. Received the Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Contributions to theatre; a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship to Italy.
Source: Robert Lynn Penny, Birmingham.
Author: Birmingham Baja. Birmingham, Ala.: Thunder City Press, 1977.
Prologues to Home. Birmingham, Ala.: Thunder City Press, 1979.
Joint Author: Nothing Silent. Birmingham, Ala.: s.l., 1980.
PERCY, WALKER, 1916-
Physician, writer. Born: May 28, 1916, Birmingham. Parents: Leroy Pratt and Martha Susan (Phinizy) Percy. Married: Mary Bernice Townsend, November 7, 1946. Children: Two. Education: University of North Carolina, B.A., 1937; Columbia University, M.D., 1941. Interned at Bellevue Hospital, 1942. After 1942, devoted full time to writing. Member of the American Academy of Arts and Science and National Institute of Arts and Letters.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1980.
Author: Bourbon. Winston-Salem, N.C.: Palaemon Press, 1979.
Diagnosing the Northern Malaise. New Orleans, La.: Forest Pub., 1985
Lancelot. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1977.
The Last Gentleman. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1966.
Lost in the Cosmos: the Last Self-help Book. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1983.
Love in the Ruins: the Adventures of a Bad Catholic at a Time Near the End of the World. New York: Dell, 1971.
The Message in the Bottle. New York: Farrar, 1975.
The Moviegoer. New York: Knopf, 1961.
Questions They Never Asked Me. Northridge, Calif.: Lord John Press, 1979
The Second Coming. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1980.
Signposts in a Savage Land. New York: Farrar, 1991
The State of the Novel: Dying Art or New Science. New Orleans, La.: Faust, 1987.
The Thanatos Syndrome. New York: Farrar, 1987.
PERKINS, ROBERT LEE, 1930-
Baptist minister, university professor. Born: June 23, 1930, Jacksonville, Fla. Married: Clarise Murphy, June 17, 1952. Children: Adopted two. Education: Stetson University, A.B., 1951; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, M.A., 1959; Ph.D., 1965; Danish government grant and a Fulbright Travel Grant and studied at the University of Copenhagen, 1959-1960. Taught at Murray State College, 1960-1965; Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 1965-1966; head of the Department of Philosophy, University of South Alabama, 1966-; Council of Learned Societies grant, 1969. Member of the American Philosophical Association, Philosophy of Education Society, and Soeren Kierkegaard Society.
Source: Contemporary Authors. Vol. 25R.
Author: Abortion: Pro and Con. Cambridge, Mass.: Schenkman Pub. Co., 1974.
Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1981.
The Sickness Unto Death. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1987.
Two Ages. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1984.
Soeren Kierkegaard. Richmond, Va.: John Knox Press, 1969.
Joint Editor and Contributor:
Perspectives on Scripture and Tradition: Essays in Honor of Dale Moody. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1987.
Contributor: Memorias del XIII Congresa International de Filosofia, Vol. XII. Mexico City: National University of Mexico, 1964.
PERLIS, ALAN DAVID, 1943-
University professor, Born: September 29, 1943, Boston, Mass. Education: University of Vermont, B.A., 1965; M.A., 1966; University of Michigan, Ph.D., 1969. Taught at the University of Michigan, 1969-1970; Beloit College, 1970-1975; University of Alabama, 1975-. Contributed to South Dakota Review, and Bucknell Review.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1973, and Alabama Faculty Directory, 1983.
Author: A Return to the Primal Self: Identity in the Fiction of George Eliot. New York: P. Long, 1989.
Skin Songs. Birmingham, Ala.: Thunder City Press, 1977.
Wallace Stevens: a World of Transforming Shapes. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University Press, 1976.
PERMALOFF, ANNE
University professor. Born: Michigan. Married: Carl Grafton, December 28, 1974. Education: Wayne State University, Ph.B., and M.A.; University of Michigan, Ph.D. Taught at the University of Houston until 1975; Auburn University in Montgomery, 1975-.
Source: Anniston Star, July 14, 1985, and AUM Catalog.
Joint Author: Big Mules and Branchheads: James E. Folsom and Political Power in Alabama. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia, 1985.
PERSONS, JOHN CECIL, 1888-1974
Attorney, banker. Born: May 9, 1888, Atlanta, Ga. Parents: William Matthew and Alice Virginia (Longshore) Persons. Married: Elonia D. Hutchinson, June 12, 1913. Children: Three. Education: University of Alabama, LL.B., 1910; honorary LL.D., 1952. Practiced law, served as treasurer of the University of Alabama. Entered banking as his career. Served as a U.S. Army officer, 1917-1918; remained in the National Guard, 1918-1940; Division Commander of the 31st (Dixie) Division of the U.S. Army, 1940-1948. Received the Magnolia Cross from the State of Mississippi and Designated Most Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Alabama, 1952. Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Scabbard and Blade, Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi Kappa Sigma.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 6.
Author: Inflation, Deflation or Stabilization. Montgomery, Ala. Alabama State Chamber of Commerce, 1949.
The 31st Infantry (Dixie) Division in World War II. S.l: Alabama Historical Association, 1953.
PETRIE, GEORGE, 1860-1947
College professor, dean. Born: April 10, 1866, Montgomery. Parents: George Laurens and Mary Jane (Cooper) Petrie. Married: Mary Barkwell Lane, August 30, 1893. Children: One. Education: University of Virginia, M.S., 1887; Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D, 1891. Taught at Alabama Polytechnic Institute; dean of the Graduate School. Member of the Alabama Hall of Fame and Phi Gamma Mu. Contributed to the Polytechnic Institute Studies in Southern History.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 2.
Author: Church and State in Early Maryland. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1892.
Comments on Current Events. Auburn, Ala.: Auburn Printing Co., 1927.
Materials for Alabama Day Programs. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Printing Co., 1929.
Joint Author: Mace-Petriequinn American School History. New York: Rand McNally, 1919.
PHILLIPS, ARCHIE, 1935-
Taxidermist. Born: August 31, 1935, Birmingham. Parents: W. A. and Rhonda E. Phillips. Married: Sharon. Children: Three. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.A., 1959. Employed by Metropolitan Life Insurance, 1959-1961; Spalding Mine, 1961- 1962; self-employed taxidermist, 1966-; chairman and commissioner of the Alabama Surfacing Mining Reclamation Region III for the Alabama Environmental Quality Association. Member of National Taxidermy Association (vice-president, president, board member), Steele District Boy Scouts of America (director), Outdoor Writers Association. Received the Governor's Conservation Award, 1973; Environmental Reclamation Service Award, 1977, Eagle Scout.
Source: Archie Phillips, Fairfield, Ala..
Author: How to Mount Fish for Profit or Fun. Fairfield, Ala.: A. Phillips, 1979.
Joint Author: Archie and Bubba Phillips' Fish Painting & Identification Manual. Fairfield, Ala.: A. Phillips, 1977.
Freeze Dry Taxidermy. Fairfield, Ala.: A. Phillips, 1981.
How to Mount Deer for Profit or Fun. Fairfield, Ala.: A. Phillips, 1980.
How to Mount Life Size Animals. Fairfield, Ala.: A. Phillips, 1983.
How to Start and Run a Successful Taxidermy Business. Fairfield, Ala.: A. Phillips, 1981.
PHILLIPS, BUBBA
See: Phillips, William A., III
PHILLIPS, JOHN HERBERT, 1853-1921
School superintendent. Born: December 12, 1853, Covington, Ky. Parents: Evan and Elizabeth Herbert Phillips. Married: Nellie T. Cobbs, December 12, 1886. Married: Minnie Holman, December 17, 1898. Education: Marietta College, A.B., 1880; honorary LL.D., 1905; studied at the University of Edinburgh, University of Chicago, and the University of Alabama. Served as Superintendent of Public Schools in Birmingham, 1883-.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 7.
Author: History and Literature in Grammar Schools. Boston: D.C. Heath, 1893.
Old Tales and Modern Ideals. New York: Silver Burdett, 1905.
Science and Human Immortality. Birmingham, Ala.: City Paper Co., Printers, 1909.
The Silver-Burdett Speller, in Four Parts, for Primary, Intermediate, Grammar and Advanced Grades. Boston: Silver Burdett, 1913.
PHILLIPS, THOMAS HAL, 1922-
Teacher, writer. Born: October 11, 1922, Corinth, Miss. Parents: W.T. and Ollie (Fare) Phillips. Education: Mississippi State College, B.S., 1943; University of Alabama, M.A. First novel, The Bitterweed Path, served as graduate thesis. Taught creative writing at Southern Methodist University, 1948-1950. Received the Rosenwald Fellowship in Fiction, 1947; Eugene F. Saxon Award, 1948; Fulbright Fellowship, 1950; Guggenheim Fellowship, 1953. Story included in O. Henry Prize Stories of 1951.
Source: Current Biography, 1956.
Author: The Bitterweed Path. New York: Rinehart, 1950.
The Day JFK Died, Teleplay. S.l.: typescript, 1980.
The Golden Lie. New York: Rinehart, 1951.
The Loved and the Unloved. New York: Harper, 1955.
Search for a Hero. New York: Rinehart, 1952.
PHY, ALLENE STUART
University professor. Born: Glasglow, Ky. Education: Stephen College, A.A., University of Kentucky, B.A., 1959; M.A., 1961; George Peabody College, Ed.S,, 1965. Taught English in Morocco, 1959-1960; U.S. Naval Intelligence School, 1961-1962; Kansas City Junior College, 1962-1964; George Peabody College, 1964-1979; Alabama State University, 1979-; Peace Corps consultant for several African countries.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, The Bible and Popular Culture in America, and Alabama State University Bulletin.
Author: Mary Shelley. San Bernadino, Calif.: Borgo Press, 1988.
Presenting Norman Klein. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1988.
Editor: The Bible and Popular Culture in America. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985.
PICKENS, ROY, 1939-
University professor. Born: August 17, 1939, Greenville. Parents: Ealon Roy and Wynette (Wilson) Pickens. Education: Troy State University, 1957-1959; Auburn University, B.A., 1961; M.S., 1962; University of Mississippi, Ph.D., 1965; U.S. Public Health Service postgraduate fellowship, University of Minnesota, 1965-1966. Taught at the University of Minnesota, 1973-. Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Behavioral Pharmacology Society, and the American Psychological Association.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57.
Author: Children of Alcoholics. Center City, Minn.: Hazeldon, 1984.
Joint Author: Alcoholic Family Disorders. Center City, Minn.: Hazeldon, 1985.
Depression and Alcoholism. Center City, Minn.: Hazeldon, 1980.
Vulnerability to Drug Abuse. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Assoc., 1992
Joint Editor: Psychiatric Factors in Drug Abuse. New York: Grune, 1979.
Readings in Behavioral Pharmacology. New York: Appleton, 1970.
Stimulus Properties of Drugs. New York: Appleton, 1971.
PICKENS, WILLIAM CHAMP, 1876-1963
Born: Sumter County, 1876. Education: University of Alabama. Christened the University's band, "The Million Dollar Band". Founded the Blue Gray Game.
Source: Alabama Public Library Service files,
Author: A Rebel in Sports. New York: A. E. Barnes, 1956.
PICKLE, HAL BRITTAIN, 1929-
University professor, businessman. Born: January 16, 1929, Ennis, Tex. Parents: Oren M. and Bessie Mae (Beard) Pickle. Married: Anna Lucile Towpal, June 27, 1953. Children: Four. Education: North Texas State University, B.A., 1959; M.B.A., 1960; University of Arkansas, Ph.D., 1964. Taught at Southwest Texas State University, 1962-1969; Auburn University, 1969-1973; St. Edward's University, 1975-. President of Auburn Business Consultants, Inc., 1972; president, Hal B. Pickle Research and Consulting Firm, Austin, Tex., 1973-1975. Received the Outstanding Educator of America Award, 1971 and 1972.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol, 6NR.
Author: Personality and Success: an Evaluation of Personal Characteristics of Successful Small Business Managers. Washington, D.C.: Small Business Administration, 1964.
Joint Author: The Economic Benefits of Abating Water Pollution in the Steel, Textile, and Paper Industries in Alabama. Auburn, Ala.: Water Resources Research Institute, Auburn University, 1973.
The Impact of Water Pollution Abatement on Competition and Pricing in the Alabama Steel Industry. Auburn, Ala.: Water Resources Research Institute, Auburn University, 1973.
Alabama Textile Industry. Auburn, Ala.: Water Resources Research Institute, Auburn University, 1973.
Introduction to Business. Pacific Palisades, Calif.: Goodyear Pub. Co. 1974.
Introduction to Business: Instructor's Manual. Pacific Palisades, Calif.: Goodyear Pub. Co., 1974.
Introduction to Business: Readings. Pacific Palisades, Calif.: Goodyear Pub. Co., 1972.
Introduction to Business: Study Guide. Pacific Palisades, Calif.: Goodyear Pub. Co., 1974.
Introduction to Business: Text and Cases. Pacific Palisades, Calif.: Goodyear Pub. Co., 1972.
Small Business Management. New York: Wiley, 1976.
PIERSON, WILLIAM WHATLEY, 1890-1966
Writer, university professor, administrator. Born: November 30, 1890, Brundidge. Parents: William Whatley and Minto (Anglin) Pierson. Married: Henrietta Elizabeth Brase, 1916. Married: Mary Bynum Holmes. Education: Troy State Normal School, Ph.B., 1908; University of Alabama, A.B., 1910; A.M., 1911; Columbia University, Ph.D., 1916; Boston University, honorary Litt.D., 1948; Washington and Lee University and Women's College of the University of North Carolina, honorary LL.D.'s, 1949 and 1963. Traveled and studied in Spain, Portugal, and thirteen Latin American countries. Taught at the University of North Carolina, serving as head of the Department of Political Science, 1935- 1942, dean of the Graduate School 1930-1956, and Chancellor of Women's College of U.N.C., 1956-1957 and 1960-1961. Member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Who Was Whom Among North American Authors and National Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1951.
Author: Hispanic American History, 1826-1920. New York: The Institute of International Studies, 1921.
Studies in Hispanic American History. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1927.
A Study of South America. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1929.
A Syllabus of Latin American History. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina, 1916.
Texas Versus White: a Study in Legal History. Durham, N.C.: Seeman Press, 1916.
Joint Author: American Ideals. Boston: Houghton, 1917.
Governments of Latin America. New York: McGraw Hill, 1957.
Editor: Hispanic American History: a Syllabus. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina, 1926.
Whipt'em Everytime: the Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone. Jackson, Tenn.: McCowat-Mercer Press, 1960.
PIGMAN, WILLIAM WARD, 1910-
Chemist, university professor. Born: March 5, 1910, Chicago, Ill. Parents: James Ward and Olga (Chapple) Pigman. Married: Alice Wolfe, June 6, 1933. Education: George Washington University, B.S., 1932; M.S., 1935; University of Maryland, Ph.D., 1936; Lalor Fellow at the University of Leipzig. Employed as chemist for the National Bureau of Standards; University of Alabama, 1949-1960; professor and chairman of the Department of Biochemistry, New York Medical College, 1960-1977.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 7.
Editor: Chemistry of Carbohydrates. New York: Academic Press, 1948.
Evaluation of Agents Used in the Prevention of Oral Diseases. New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1968.
Joint Editor: Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 1. New York: Academic Press, 1945-.
PIKE, FLORA MAE MILNER, 1893-
Home missionary worker, volunteer worker. Born: June 17, 1893, Tallapoosa County. Parents: Henry Harrison and Elizer (Phillips) Milner. Married: Ether J. Pike. Children: Five. Worked for Central Baptist Church, Phenix City, performing home missionary 1920-1925; volunteer work for Hillman Hospital. Served on the W.P.A. advisory board; state chaplain for Army Mother's Organization; chairman of Books for the Soldiers in the South Pacific.
Source: Alabama's Distinguished, 1973-1974.
Author: Memories Through the Years. Birmingham, Ala.: Author, ca. 1981.
PILCHER, JOSEPH MITCHELL, 1896-
Writer, minister. Born: December 4, 1896, Marksville, La. Parents: Felix Mendelssohn and Winifred Pearl (Joffrion) Pilcher. Married: Sara Macdue Nettles, March 1, 1930. Children: Two. Education: Tulane University, 1921-1923; University of California at Berkeley, 1932-1933; Pacific Unitarian School, B.D., 1934. Employed as a newspaper writer, construction engineer, social worker, government worker, and a minister. Served in World War I. Received the Medaille de Verdun (France) and the Military Cross of Honor. Cited by General Spaatz for World War II work.
Source: Library of Alabama Lives.
Author: Above the Bugle Notes. Montgomery, Ala.: s.n., 1956.
Man in Search of God. Brewton, Ala.: Brewton Standard, 1936.
Parish Visitor Poems. New York: The Parish Visitor, 1945.
Regimental History of the 65th Regiment, C.A.C., 32nd Brigate, First Army Corps, 1917-1919. Portland, Or.: s.n., 1923.
War and Peace. Montgomery. Ala.: Paragon Press, 1945.
Wings of the Spirit. Montgomery, Ala.: Author, 1942.
PILEGGE, JOSEPH C., JR.
University professor. Born: Morgantown, W. Va. Parents: Joseph C. and Emma Thompson Pilegge. Married: Betty Clifton, June 6, 1959. Education: West Virginia University, B.S., 1955; Marshall University, M.A., 1961; University of Maryland, Ph.D., 1966. Taught at the University of Alabama, 1966-.
Source: Joseph C. Pilegge, Jr., Tuscaloosa, Ala..
Author: Alabama Municipalities. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Alabama League of Municipalities, 1972.
Taxing and Spending: Alabama's Budget in Transition. Tuscaloosa, Ala: University of Alabama Press, 1978.
PIM, WILLIAM PAUL, 1885-1950
Cartoonist. Born: December 1, 1885, Freeport, Pa. Married: Lenna Hales. Education: graduated from Cabot Institute; studied photo-engraving, Bissell College; John Huntington Polytechnic Institute. Employed as cartoonist for Birmingham News, established the W. Paul Pims Advertising Art Studio. Taught commercial art at Birmingham-Southern College, 1922-1931. Drew the syndicated features, Baby Mine and Telling Tommy.
Source: Clipping file at Birmingham Public Library.
Author: Telling Tommy About Days We Celebrate. New York: Cupples and Leon, 1941.
Telling Tommy About Famous Inventors. New York: Cupples and Leon, 1942.
Telling Tommy About Famous People in Their Youth. New York: Cupples and Leon, 1940.
Telling Tommy About Mother Nature: Curious Children. New york: Cupples amd Leon, 1939
Telling Tommy About Our Good Neighbors. New York: Cupples and Leon, 1943
Telling Tommy About Pilgrims Progress. New York: Cupples and Leon, 1957.
Telling Tommy About Things We Use. New York: Cupples and Leon, 1946.
POLLARD, ELIZABETH B., 1939-
Librarian. Born: June 16, 1939, Parents: Lee Wesley and Emma Frances (Robson) Blitch. Married: William Brannan Bailey, 1963; William Grosvenor Pollard, III, 1977. Children: One. Education: Emory University, B.A., 1961; M.L.S., 1970; post- graduate study, University of North Carolina, 1961-1963. Employed by the University of Georgia Libraries, 1965-1967; Emory University, 1967-1970; University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1970-. Member of the Music, Alabama and the Southeastern Library Associations.
Source: Elizabeth Pollard, Huntsville.
Author: Visual Arts Research: a Handbook. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1986.
PONDER, FREDA ODALENE LITTLE, 1942-
Born: September 18, 1942, Cullman County. Parents: Odis Freeman and Ima Irene (Marlow) Little. Married: William R. Ponder, October 14, 1960. Children: Three. Education: Wallace Community College in Hanceville. Employed by Cullman Lingerie, 1965-1966; Porter Mills, 1966-1967; Cullman County Public Library, 1974-1976; Gregath Publishing Company.
Source: Odalene Ponder, Falkville, Ala.
Author: The Marlow Family. Cullman, Ala.: The Gregath Pub. Co., 1985.
The Ponders of Europe and America. Cullman, Ala.: The Gregath Pub. Co., 1982.
Compiler: 1818-1823 Lawrence County, Alabama Early Marriages. Cullman, Ala.: Gregath Pub. Co., 1983.
1825-1854 Lawrence County, Alabama Early Marriages. Cullman, Ala.: Gregath Pub. Co., 1983.
1820 Census, Lawrence County, Alabama. Cullman, Ala.: Gregath Pub. Co.
1830 Census, Lawrence County, Alabama. Cullman, Ala.: Gregath Pub. Co.
1840 Census, Lawrence County, Alabama. Cullman, Ala.: Gregath Pub. Co.
1850 Census, Lawrence County, Alabama. Cullman, Ala.: Gregath Pub. Co.
POPE, VIRGINIA VOSS
Teacher. Born: August 26, 1934, Fruithurst. Parents: Chester P. and Margaret (Branham) Voss. Married: Robert Russell Pope, Jr., December 21, 1957. Children: Three. Education: Jacksonville State University, B.A., 1955; M.S., 1972; University of Grenoble, 1956. Taught school in Heflin. Member and active in the Wesleyan Guild, Mothers March of Dimes, P.T.A., Cleburne County Arts and Crafts League, and Delta Kappa Gamma. Selected as Cleburne County Woman of the Year, 1966; Outstanding Young Woman of Heflin, 1971.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1977.
Author: Fruithurst: Alabama's Vineyard Village. Albertville, Ala.: Thompson Printing Co., 1971.
PORCH, DOUGLAS, 1944-
University professor. Born: December 29, 1944, Tallahassee, Fla. Parents: Douglas and Jean (Lance) Porch. Grew up in Anniston. Married: Francoise Lamoureux, July 27, 1978. Children: One. Education: University of the South, B.A., 1967; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, Ph.D., 1971; Ecole Normale Superieure, 1971-1972. Served in the U.S. Army Reserve, 1967-1974. Taught at University College of Wales in Aberystwyth; the Citadel in South Carolina, Mark Clark Professor of History.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 107, and the jacket to the Conquest of the Sahara.
Author: Army and Revolution: France, 1815-1848. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974.
The Conquest of Morocco. New York: Knopf, 1983.
The Conquest of the Sahara. New York: Knopf, 1984.
The French Foreign Legion: a Complete History of the Legendary Fighting Force. New York: Harper/Collins, 1991.
The March to the Marne: the French Army, 1871-1914. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981.
The Portuguese Armed Forces and the Revolution. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, 1977.
PORCH, LUTHER QUENTIN, 1919-
College professor, Baptist minister. Born: October 9, 1919, North Alabama. Married: Lee Lewis. Children: Two. Education: Degrees from Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Southern Seminary, and the University of Alabama. Taught at Judson College. Served churches in Coffeeville, Gordo, Selma, Bessemer, and Tuscaloosa.
Source: Library at Judson College.
Author: The History of the First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: s.n., 1968.
POSEY, WALTER BROWNLOW, 1900-
University professor. Born: October 22, 1900, Smyrna, Tenn. Parents: Wilson Yandell and Myrtle (Omohundro) Posey. Married: Margaret Grisham, September 1, 1926. Children: One. Education: University of Chicago, Ph.B., 1923; M.A., 1930; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1933; Birmingham-Southern College, honorary L.H.D., 1955. Taught at Cumberland University, 1923-1925; Birmingham-Southern College, 1925-1943; head of History Department at BSC, 1932-1943; head of History Department, Agnes Scott College, 1943-1970; exchange professor at the University of Hawaii, and Shrivenham American University in England; Emory University, 1948-1969. Organized the Organization of American Historians.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1976,
Author: The Baptist Church in the Lower Mississippi Valley, 1776-1845. Lexington, Ky.: University of Kentucky Press, 1957.
The Development of Methodism in the Old Southwest, 1783- 1824. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Weatherford Printing Co., 1933.
Frontier Mission: a History of Religion West of the Southern Appalachians to 1861. Lexington, Ky.: University of Kentucky Press, 1966.
LaGrange, Alabama's Earliest College. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Southern College, 1933.
The Presbyterian Church in the Old Southwest, 1778-1838. Richmond, Va.: John Knox Press, 1952.
Religious Strife on the Southern Frontier. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1965.
Editor: Alabama in the 1830s as Recorded by British Travellers. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Southern College, 1938.
POWELL, THURSTON, 1916-
Textile executive, writer. Born: August 13, 1916, Goldville. Parents: George W. and Cora B. (McDaniel) Powell. Married: Minnie Lee Harris. Children: One. Education: Universal School in Dallas and National Institute in St. Louis. Employed by Russell Mills, Inc., Alexander City. Awarded a Gold Plaque for best poet in Alabama, 1966. Founded the Thurston Powell Poetry Award. Member of the Elks, Alexander City Historical Association, and the National Writers Club.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. II.
Author: The Wailing Wind. Dexter, Mo.: Candor Press, 1958.
PRICE, RALPH (Shorty), 1921-
Insurance representative. Born: October 3, 1921, Louisville. Parents: John Patterson and Rosa (Pickett) Price. Married: Delores Bigham, June 3, 1960. Children: Three. Education: University of Alabama School of Law. Employed as representative for United American Insurance Company. Served in the U.S. Army, 1942-1946, receiving the Purple Heart, four campaign stars and presidential unit citation. Candidate for Alabama governor's office. Member of the V.F.W., American Legion, and the President's Club of the United American Insurance Company of Dallas.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. III.
Author: Alabama Politics: Tell It Like It Is. New York: Vantage Press, 1973.
PRIGMORE, CHARLES SAMUEL, 1919-
Social worker, university professor. Born: March 21, 1919, Lodge, Tenn. Parents: Charles H. and Mary Lou (Raulston) Prigmore. Married: Shirley Melaine Buck, June 7, 1947. Children: One. Education: University of Tennessee, A.B., 1939; University of Wisconsin, M.S., 1947; Ph.D., 1961; Air War College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Served as officer in the U.S. Army Air Force, 1940-1945; Army Reserves. Employed as a social worker in Wisconsin. Taught at Louisiana State University, University of Alabama School of Social Work, 1967-; Fulbright Research Fellow in Norway; visiting lecturer at several colleges.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982.
Author: Social Work in Iran Since the White Revolution. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1976.
Social Welfare Policy: Analysis and Formulation. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1979.
PROCTOR, ROBERT A., 1920-
Baptist minister, seminary professor, religious administrator. Born: July 22, 1920, Gadsden. Parents: Robert Allen and Annie Lou (Holmes) Proctor. Married: Doris Earle Smalley, March 18, 1944. Children: Four. Education: Samford University, B.S., 1948; University of Oklahoma, M.S., 1949; Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, M.R.E., 1954; Temple University, Ed.D., 1960; University of Illinois, 1962-1963. Ordained in the Baptist Church and served various churches in Alabama, 1946-1953. Taught in several seminaries, including the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Served in several management positions in religious organizations. Member of the American, Southeastern and Kentucky Psychological Associations, New York Academy of Science, and Psi Chi.
Source: Who's Who in Religion, 1977.
Author: Too Old to Learn? Nashville: Broadman Press, 1967.
Joint Author: John's Witness to Jesus. Nashville: Convention Press, 1965.
PROSKAUER, JOSEPH MEYER, 1877-1971
Attorney. Born: August, 1877, Mobile. Education: Columbia University, A.B., 1896; LL.B., 1899; honorary LL.D.s, from: Columbia (1929), Dartmouth College, 1953, Brandeis University, 1955, Long Island University, 1956, New York University, 1956, Colgate University, 1957, and Fordham University, 1967; Hebrew Union College, honorary D.H.L., 1946. Admitted to the New York Bar, 1899. Practiced law in New York City until 1923; justice of the New York Supreme Court, 1923-1930. Served several public appointments, including being a consultant to the U.S. Delegation to the U.N. Conference in San Francisco, 1945, and Chairman of the New York State Crime Commission, 1951-1953. Member of the New York Bar Association and the New York County Lawyers Association; president of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 5.
Author: The Call of the Hour. New York: American Jewish Committee, 1945.
A Segment of My Times. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1950.
Joint Compiler: Columbia Verse, 1892-97. New York: W. B. Harrison, 1897.
PROUTY, MORTON DENNISON, JR., 1918-
Accountant, businessman. Born: March 18, 1918, Chicago. Parents: Morton Dennison and Flora Harriett (Houghton) Prouty. Married: Elsie Shipman, November 4, 1945. Children: Two. Education: University of Illinois, B.S., 1939; Northwestern University, 1946-1957. Served in the U.S. Army, 1941-1945. Received the Bronze Star. Employed as a natural gas pipeline executive; president of the Alabama-Tennessee National Gas Company in Florence, 1978-. Member: American Gas Association, Institute National Gas Association, American Institute of C.P.A.s, and National Association of Accountants.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1982.
Author: Footsteps on the Mountain. Birmingham, Ala.: Banner Press, 1969.
The Heavens Are Telling. Florence, Ala.: Anderson News, 1986.
The Pharisee. Boston: Branden Press, 1975.
Sparks on the Wind. Richmond, Va.: John Knox Press, 1961.
To a Young Mariner. Florence, Ala.: Nottingham Press, 1983.
PRUITT, MAURICE C., 1910-1976
Physician. Born: June 23, 1910, Florence. Parents: John Andrew and Mary Ellen (Wade) Pruitt. Married: Fujie Nakamura. Education: Webb School, Bell Buckle, Tenn.; Vanderbilt University, M.D.
Author: Buggar Saga: the Civil War Story of Guerilla and Bushwacker Warfare in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Columbia, Tenn.: P-Vine Press, 1976.
PRUITT, RUTH ROGERS, 1923-
High school teacher, university professor. Born: February 14, 1923, Ft. Deposit. Parents: Harry and Pate (Loftin) Rogers. Married: Paul M. Pruitt, September 27, 1941. Children: Two. Education: Judson College, A.B., 1944; Jacksonville State University, M.A., 1963; Florida State University, 1968. Taught high school English in Greenville and Lincoln, Ala., and Marianna, Fla., 1944-1959; Jacksonville State University, 1964- 1974.
Source: Files at Jacksonville State University.
Joint Author: Stephen S. Renfroe, Alabama's Outlaw Sheriff. Tallahassee, Fla.: Sentry Press, 1972.
PUCKETT, JOHN RALPH, 1931-
High school teacher, university professor. Born: July 12, 1931, Kingsport, Tenn. Married. Children: Three. Education: East Tennessee State College, B.S., 1952; University of Tennessee, M.S., 1953; Ed.D., 1959. Taught at Norview Junior High School, Norfolk, Va., 1955-1956; Johnson City Junior High School in Johnson City, Tenn., 1956-1958; University of Tennessee, 1959- 1960; Southeast Louisiana College, 1960-1966; Auburn University, 1966-. Member: American Association of Health Physical Education and Recreation, National College Physical Education Association for Men, National Education Association, Phi Epsilon Kappa, and Phi Delta Kappa.
Source: Leaders in Education, 1974.
Author: Guide to an Effective Physical Education Program. West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1976.
Joint Author: Complete Gymnastics Handbook. West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1979.
PUCKETT, RUBY PARKER, 1932-
Dietitian. Born: November 26, 1932, Dora. Parents: John Franklin and Ethel Victoria (Short) Parker. Married: Willard Puckett, July 2, 1955. Children: Two. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1954; University of Florida, 1970- 1973. Served in various positions as a dietitian, teacher of dietetics, and director of dietetics in Florida. Named Outstanding Dietitian in Florida, 1972. Fellow of the Royal Society of Health.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1982.
Author: The Food service Employee in a Long Term Care Facility: Teachers' Manual. Washington, D.C.: American Health Care Association, 1978.
Joint Author: Basic Guide for Food Service Supervisors. S.l.: s.n., 1974.
Study Guide for Food Service Supervisors. S.l.: s.n., 1972.
PUNKE, HAROLD HERMAN, 1900-
University professor. Born: November 11, 1900, Elliott, Ill. Education: University of Chicago, B.S., 1924; Ph.D., 1928. Taught at the University of Illinois and at the University of Georgia. Served in the U.S. Army, 1942-1943, then in various Army and governmental positions. Taught at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1949-. Member of Phi Delta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and Gamma Sigma Delta.
Source: Leaders in Education, 1974.
Author: Community Uses of Public School Facilities. New York: Columbia University Press, 1951.
The Courts and Public-School Property. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1936.
Law and Liability in Pupil Transportation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1943.
Mythology in American Education. Danville, Ill.: Interstate, 1981.
Social Implications of Lawsuits Over Student Hairstyles. Danville, Ill.: Interstate, 1973.
The Teacher and the Courts. Danville, Ill.: Interstate, 1971.
Vocation as the Core of American Social Philosophy. Danville, Ill.: Interstate, 1975.
PURCELL, DOUGLAS CLARE, 1946-
Executive director. Born: March 10, 1946, Tuscaloosa. Parents: John R. and Lois Waits Purcell. Married: Elizabeth Ann Dale, June 9, 1973. Children: One. Education: Livingston State University; University of Alabama, B.A., 1972. Employed as executive director of the Historic Chattahoochee Commission, 1972. Member and president of the Alabama Historical Association. Received the Distinguished Service Award from the Alabama Historical Commission, 1981.
Source: Douglas C. Purcell, Eufaula, Ala..
Author: The Making of a City: Trussville, Alabama, 1820- 1870. Trussville, Ala.: Privately printed, 1970.
Joint Editor: Architectural Legacy of the Lower Chattahoochee Valley in Alabama and Georgia. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1978.
In the Land of the Living: Wartime Letters by Confederates from the Chattahoochee Valley .... Troy, Ala.: Troy State University Press, 1981.
John Horry Dent Farm Journals and Account Books, 1840- 1892. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1977.
PUREFOY, EVA BRUNSON, 1892-
Businesswoman. Born: April 7, 1892, Highland Home. Married: Robert Peeples Purefoy, June 15, 1915. Children: Three step- children. Education: Andalusia High School; studied art and music. Owned and operated a hotel in Monroeville; opened Purefoy Hotel in Talladega, 1920. The hotel's restaurant renown for it's variety and quality of food; listed by Duncan Hines; featured in Life. Sold in 1944, the Hotel closed in 1961 and was razed.
Source: History of the Purefoy Hotel.
Author: Purefoy Hotel Cookbook. Talladega, Ala.: Author, 1938.
Joint Author: History of the Purefoy Hotel. S.l.: s.n., 1970?
PYRNELLE, LOUISE CLARK, 1850-1907
Teacher. Born: July 10, 1850, Ittabena near Uniontown. Parents: Richard and Elizabeth (Bates) Clark. Married: R. H. Pyrnelle, 1880. Education: private tutors and academies in New York State. Taught school in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Texas.
Source: Marks' Who Was Who in Alabama.
Author: The Courtship and Marriage of Aunt Flora. S.l.: s.n., 1900
Diddie, Dumps, & Tot: or, Plantation Childhood. New York: Harper & Row, 1882.
Miss Li'l Tweetty. New York: Harper & Row, 1917.