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
- Public administration in Mississippi (1919)
References
- ^ a b c d e "Ole Miss biography". Archived from the original on 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
- ^ "Past Presidents". SPSA: Southern Political Science Association. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
External links
- 1890 births
- 1962 deaths
- People from Durham, North Carolina
- People from Mississippi
- Mississippi State University alumni
- Columbia University alumni
- Yale Law School alumni
- University of Mississippi faculty
- American political scientists
- 20th-century American academics
- 20th-century political scientists
- American academic administrator, 19th-century birth stubs