Bailey, Layton W.

Layton W. Bailey served as business manager, treasurer, and Board of Trustees secretary for Southern Methodist University. He began at SMU in 1924, working nearly thirty-five years there until his retirement in 1958.

Bailey was born in Dallas and attended Emerson College and SMU, where he majored in finance and general business.

In addition to his role as a business administrator of SMU, Bailey also worked for the National Hemophilia Foundation as Board of Trustees chairman of the Dallas chapter, and as a board member for the national organization. His many years of service to SMU were recognized by the Trammell Crow family in 1985 when they requested that a room in the new graduate wing of the SMU business school be named after him.

Bailey died in 1987 at the age of 97.

Sources:

"Bailey Heads Trustees." Dallas Morning News, September 16, 1972, pg. 16.

Nogami, Doug. "Crows Give SMU $6 Million-Gift to Help Expand Cox Business School." Dallas Morning News, November 21, 1985, pg. 34A.

"Services Monday for Layton Bailey." Dallas Morning News, April 17, 1987, pg. 32A.

From the guide to the Layton W. Bailey collection on Southern Methodist University SMU 1991. 0030., 1916-1968, (Southern Methodist University Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University)