Theodore Henley Jack (December 30, 1881 - September 20, 1964) was a professor, college administrator, and author. Jack began college at
Southern University
Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a Public university, public historically black colleges and universities, historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. It i ...
in
Greensboro, Alabama
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, but he then went to the
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, the Capstone, or Bama) is a Public university, public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of ...
,
where he earned a
bachelor’s degree
A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years (de ...
(1902)
and a
master’s degree
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(1903).
He later studied history and government at
Harvard University
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; he was one of 11 students from the state of
Alabama
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who were enrolled at Harvard during the 1908-1909 academic year.
After earning a
PhD
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from the
University of Chicago
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in 1915, he briefly taught at Southern University.
However, he quickly left there for a history position at
Emory University
Emory University is a private university, private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campu ...
in 1916,
where he also served as dean of the graduate school, dean of the college of liberal arts, and vice president of the university.
He left Emory to serve as president of
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College from 1933 to 1952.
Emory University has a collection of his papers. The Los Angeles Public Library has his
bookplate
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.
He married Alice Searcy Ashley in 1910.
Mary Spencer Jack Craddock (December 12, 1912 - September 2, 2014) was one of their two daughters.
Writings
*
Sectionalism and Party Politics in Alabama, 1819-1842', Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Pub. Co., 1919
*''The Story of America for Young Americans Part 1'' by Smith Burnham and Theodore Henley Jack 1932
*''America Our Country'' by Smith Burnham and Theodore Henley Jack 1934
Further reading
*''Theodore Henley Jack : a portrait'' by Roberta D. Cornelius
References
External links
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1881 births
1964 deaths
Randolph–Macon College faculty
Heads of universities and colleges in the United States
People from Greensboro, Alabama
Writers from Lynchburg, Virginia
University of Alabama alumni
Tulane University alumni
University of Chicago alumni
Southern University faculty
University of Chicago faculty
Emory University faculty
American university and college faculty deans
20th-century American biographers
20th-century American academics