Gates, William Bryan, 1897-1983.

Educator, academic administrator. Born in 1897 in Johns, Mississippi. Member of the original faculty at Texas Technological College. Served as a professor English and dean of the Graduate School. His main interests were Shakespeare and James Fenimore Cooper, and he was active in the Modern Language Association. Retired from Texas Technological College in 1963 and moved to San Antonio, Texas. A Texas Technological College residence hall was named in honor of Gates and his wife, Eunice Joiner Gates, in 1964. Gates died in San Antonio, Texas, in 1983.

From the description of Papers, 1927-1963. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24263376