Background
Reiff, Evan Allard was born on December 4, 1907 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Fred Leighton and Sarah Lily (May) Reiff.
Reiff, Evan Allard was born on December 4, 1907 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Fred Leighton and Sarah Lily (May) Reiff.
Bachelor of Arts, Oklahoma Baptist University, 1930. Master of Arts, State University of Iowa, 1931, Doctor of Philosophy, 1937.
Ordained to Baptist ministry, 1929. Member staff department English, State University of Iowa, 1930-1935. Associate Professor of English, Oklahoma Baptist University, 1935-1936.
Head departments English and speech Ottawa (Kansas) University, 1936-1942.
Pastor First Baptist Church, Atchison, Kansas, 1942-1946. Professor department English and chairman college division Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1946-1950.
President Sioux Falls College, 1950-1953. Hardin-Simmons University, since 1953.
Member of executive committee education commission Southern Baptist Convention, 1956-1957, Texas Foundation Voluntarily Supported Colleges Universities, since 1955.
Married Velma Bennett, June 5, 1934. Children: Evangeline (Mistress Nathan O. Newman, II), George Frederick, John David.