Was one of the most beloved professors at Southwestern (now Rhodes College). The son Presbyterian missionaries to Cameroon he grew up on a farm in the Catskill Mountains. He was educated at Lewis and Clark College, Chicago Theological Seminary and the University of Chicago. He served as a Navy chaplain during WWII, then began teaching at Mississippi State University. He came to Southwestern in 1958, retiring in 1985. He designed courses for medical personnel on pain, suffering and death, and on medical ethics. He lectured at the British studies program at Oxford University and won many awards for his teaching, including voted "professor of the decade" in 1976.
Excerpt from: Elmwood 2002, In the Shadow of the Elms, by Perre Magness.
Excerpt from: Elmwood 2002, In the Shadow of the Elms, by Perre Magness.
Was one of the most beloved professors at Southwestern (now Rhodes College). The son Presbyterian missionaries to Cameroon he grew up on a farm in the Catskill Mountains. He was educated at Lewis and Clark College, Chicago Theological Seminary and the University of Chicago. He served as a Navy chaplain during WWII, then began teaching at Mississippi State University. He came to Southwestern in 1958, retiring in 1985. He designed courses for medical personnel on pain, suffering and death, and on medical ethics. He lectured at the British studies program at Oxford University and won many awards for his teaching, including voted "professor of the decade" in 1976.
Excerpt from: Elmwood 2002, In the Shadow of the Elms, by Perre Magness.
Excerpt from: Elmwood 2002, In the Shadow of the Elms, by Perre Magness.
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