Gaines, Francis Pendleton, 1892-1963

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Birth 1892
Death 1963

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Francis Pendleton Gaines Jr., the sixth president of Wofford College, was born in 1918 (he grew up around college campuses, as his father was president of Wake Forest University from 1927 to 1930, and president of Washington and Lee University from 1930 to 1959). Gaines graduated from the University of Arizona in 1940 and took his doctorate in history at the University of Virginia. He worked at Southern Methodist University before coming to Wofford in 1952 as president of the college.

From the description of Papers of President Francis Pendleton Gaines Jr. : 1952-1957 (Wofford College). WorldCat record id: 710413075

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  • College presidents
  • Universities and colleges
  • Methodist universities and colleges

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  • South Carolina--Spartanburg (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)

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