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In [[1957]] Stanford moved to [[Birmingham]] to become Birmingham-Southern's fifth president. While here, Ruth earned a Master's degree from BSC. | In [[1957]] Stanford moved to [[Birmingham]] to become Birmingham-Southern's fifth president. While here, Ruth earned a Master's degree from BSC. | ||
Stanford defended one of his seminary students who was arrested for vagrancy by Connor for participating in a lunch counter sit-in. Knowing that his popularity among trustees and potential donors was compromised by his stance, Stanford was receptive when representatives of the University of Miami contacted him in 1961. | Stanford defended one of his seminary students who was arrested for vagrancy by [[Bull Connor]] for participating in a lunch counter sit-in. Knowing that his popularity among trustees and potential donors was compromised by his stance, Stanford was receptive when representatives of the University of Miami contacted him in [[1961]]. | ||
In 1962, the same year that Miami admitted its first black students, Stanford became the University's third president. His tenure was distinguished, among other things, by the recruitment of international students and for the recruitment of Ray Bellamy to the football team in 1966, making Miami the first major college in the South to give a scholarship to a black player. | In 1962, the same year that Miami admitted its first black students, Stanford became the University's third president. His tenure was distinguished, among other things, by the recruitment of international students and for the recruitment of Ray Bellamy to the football team in 1966, making Miami the first major college in the South to give a scholarship to a black player. | ||
Revision as of 19:14, 24 April 2007
Henry King Stanford (born April 22, 1916 in Atlanta) was briefly President of Birmingham-Southern College from 1957 to 1962.
Stanford earned his Bachelor's and Master's of Arts at Emory University, a second M.A. from the University of Denver, and a Ph.D from New York University. After graduating Emory in 1936, Stanford married the former Ruth King.
After teaching for a few years at Emory's Valdosta campus, Stanford accepted the Presidency of Georgia Southwestern College in 1948.
Two years later he became the director of the University Center in Georgia, and in 1953 took on the presidency of the Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville.
In 1957 Stanford moved to Birmingham to become Birmingham-Southern's fifth president. While here, Ruth earned a Master's degree from BSC.
Stanford defended one of his seminary students who was arrested for vagrancy by Bull Connor for participating in a lunch counter sit-in. Knowing that his popularity among trustees and potential donors was compromised by his stance, Stanford was receptive when representatives of the University of Miami contacted him in 1961.
In 1962, the same year that Miami admitted its first black students, Stanford became the University's third president. His tenure was distinguished, among other things, by the recruitment of international students and for the recruitment of Ray Bellamy to the football team in 1966, making Miami the first major college in the South to give a scholarship to a black player.
He remained at Miami until his retirement, returning to Americus, Georgia in 1981. The Stanford Residential College at the University of Miami is named in honor of his service.
In 1986 the Regents of the University of Georgia asked him to serve as Interim President, which he did for one year. Stanford's wife, Ruth, died in 2002. The couple had three sons and a daughter.
References
- "Henry K. Stanford" From Ahmedunggar to Lavonia: Presidents at the University of Georgia 1785-1997. Online exhibi of the Hargrett Library, University of Georgia. - accessed October 11, 2006
External links
- Video Interview with Henry King Stanford at the University of Miami's Oral History Collection.