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Samuel Reid Spencer Jr. (June 6, 1919 – October 16, 2013) was an American academic administrator who served as the 14th president of Davidson College from 1968 to 1983.
Jan 18, 2011 · (b. 1919) The first president of the Davidson student body to become president of the college was Samuel Reid Spencer, Jr., class of 1940. After graduating summa cum laude from Davidson College, Dr. Spencer, LL.D. served in the U.S. Army during 1940-1945 and was released from active duty as a major.
Dec 24, 2013 · Samuel Reid Spencer, Jr. 1919–2013 President Emeritus Samuel R. Spencer Jr. died Oct. 16 at the age of 94. A member of the Class of 1940, Sam Spencer’s active association with Davidson spanned almost 80 years.
Oct 16, 2013 · Dr Samuel Reid Spencer Jr. --He was the younger of 2 children of Samuel R. Spencer, Sr. and wife Mary L. Thomson. The family lived in the Rock Hill area in 1920 and had moved to Columbia, SC by 1930. --1940 graduate of Davidson College, where he was President of the student body and Captain of ROTC. He later received his PhD from Harvard...
Oct 16, 2013 · Samuel Reid Spencer Jr.'s tenure as the 14th president of Davidson College spanned a tumultuous period of change. Davidson had just opened its doors to blacks in 1968 when Spencer...
Oct 17, 2013 · Samuel R. Spencer, Jr. DAVIDSON - Samuel R. Spencer, Jr., former president of Davidson College and Mary Baldwin College-and an acclaimed, progressive leader in - higher education-died on...
Dr. Spencer was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina in 1919. He attended Davidson College and was graduated summa cum laude in 1940. He served in the U.S. Army from 1940-1945, where his duties included serving as Assistant Professor of Military science and Tactics at Davidson College from 1941-1943.
