Alfred Benjamin Butts

Alfred Benjamin Butts (1890 – 1962) was an American political scientist and university administrator. He served as the Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1935 to 1946.[1][2]

Early life

Alfred Benjamin Butts was born in 1890 in Durham, North Carolina.[1][2] In 1911, he received a B.S. degree from Mississippi A&M College, now known as Mississippi State University, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1920.[1][2] He received a law degree from Yale Law School in 1930.[1][2]

Career

From 1911 to 1935, he taught at Mississippi A&M.[2] He served as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1935 to 1946.[1][2] He served as the president of the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) in 1938.[3]

Death

He died in 1962.[2]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ole Miss biography
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 James B. Lloyd, Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967, Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2009, p. 67
  3. ↑ "Past Presidents". SPSA: Southern Political Science Association. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

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