Background
Graves, Benjamin Barnes was born on November 5, 1920 in Jones County, Mississippi, United States. Son of Thomas Cannon and Velma (Barnes) Graves.
business administration educator
Graves, Benjamin Barnes was born on November 5, 1920 in Jones County, Mississippi, United States. Son of Thomas Cannon and Velma (Barnes) Graves.
Bachelor of Arts, University Mississippi, 1942; Master of Business Administration, Harvard, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Louisiana State University, 1961; Doctor of Laws, University Alabama, 1970.
Staff and supervisory positions, Exxon Company, 1947-1960;
special lecturer, College Business Administration, Louisiana State University, 1959-1960;
assistant professor, College Business Administration, Louisiana State University, 1960-1962;
associate professor, University of Virginia, 1962-1964;
Milner professor industrial economics, U. Mississippi, 1964-1965;
president, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1965-1970;
professor business administration, U. Alabama in Huntsville, 1970-1990;
president, U. Alabama in Huntsville, 1970-1979;
professor emeritus, U. Alabama in Huntsville, since 1990. Guest lecturer Mid-South Executive Development Program, Louisiana State University, 1962-1968, also associate director program, 1961-1962. Guest lecturer management program Natural Resources Mgrs., Pennsylvania State University, 1962-1972, Virginia-Maryland.
School Banking, University of Virginia, 1962-1973. Visiting professor business administration U. North Carolina at Charlotte, 1976-1977.
President Mississippi Foundation Indiana Colleges, 1967-1968. Member committee human investigation University Mississippi School Medicine, 1964-1970. Vice president Mississippi Junior-Senior College Conference, 1968-1969.
President Mississippi Association Colleges, 1969-1970. Member executive committee Indiana College Funds American. Member advisory committee American Council on Education's Institute for College and University Administrators.
Member American Association Schools and Colleges university president's delegate to People's Republic of China, 1975, Republic of China, 1976. President Huntsville Research Park Advisory Board, 1973. Member executive board Andrew Jackson council Boy Scouts American, since 1966.
Board directors Jackson Symphony Association, 1965-1970. Member president's council University Alabama, Huntsville. Served to lieutenant (senior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946.
Member Academy Management, American Marketing Association, Southwestern Social Science Association, Southern Economic Association, A.I.M. (president's council), Jackson Chamber of Commerce, Pi Kappa Alpha (member centennial committee 100), Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Rotary (Paul Harris fellow. Vocational Excellence award 2001). Clubs: Rotarian (director Huntsville 1973).
Married Hazeline Wood, May 25, 1946. Children— Benjamin Barnes, Janis Elizabeth, Cynthia Wood.