Background
Holt, Andrew David was born on December 4, 1904 in Milan, Tennessee, United States. Son of Andrew David and Mary E. (Brown) Holt.
Holt, Andrew David was born on December 4, 1904 in Milan, Tennessee, United States. Son of Andrew David and Mary E. (Brown) Holt.
Student, West Tennessee State College, 1923. Student, George Peabody College, 192. AB, Emory University, 1927.
Master of Science, Columbia University, 1929. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1933. Doctor of Laws, Union University, 1950.
Doctor of Letters, Tusculum College, 1962. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chattanooga, 1965.
Principal, Bluff Springs Elementary School, Milan, 1926;
teacher, athletic coach, Humboldt (Tennessee) High School, 1927-1928;
principal training school, West Tennessee State College, Memphis, 1929-1930;
professor education, West Tennessee State College, Memphis, 1930-1937;
high school supervisor for West Tennessee, 1930-1937;
executive secretary, Tennessee Education Association, 1937-1950;
administrative assistant to president, U. Tennessee, 1950-1953;
vice president, U. Tennessee, 1953-1959;
president, U. Tennessee, 1959-1970. Board directors South Center Bell Tel. & Tel. Company, Birmingham, Alabama, HamiltonInternat.
Corporation, Farmington, Michigan, Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company, Chattanooga, Hamilton National Bank, Knoxville. Educational consultant Holiday Inns of America, American School, Chicago. Member Executive Committee Southern Regional Education Board.
Chairman White House Conference Education. Member National Commission to Promote Eradication of Adult Illiteracy. National chairman school savings committee United States Treasury Department.
Chairman American delegate World Organisation Teaching Profession, Berne Switzerland. Member of council of advisors United States Commision on Education, N.A.M., Air Transport Association. Advisor to Ednl. Policies commission.
Member at large national council Boy Scouts American. Trustee American Fund for Dental Education Major Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Member National Congress Parents and Teachers (life), Southern Association Colleges and Schools (past president), National Education Association (president 1949-1950, board directors), American Legion, Amateur Chefs of America, Southern Association Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities, American Council Education (committee taxation and fiscal reporting federal government), National Advisory Dental Research Council, International Association University Pres.s, National Association State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (chairman committee traffic safety research and education), Masons (32d degree), Shriners, Rotary (board directors), Alpha Kappa Psi, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Iota Lambda Sigma, Phi Sigma Sigma, Phi Delta KAppa, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Martha Chase, November 25, 1938. Children: Ann Elizabeth, Martha Frances, Andrew David.