Francis Pendleton Gaines

Background

Gaines, Francis Pendleton was born on September 7, 1918 in State College, Mississippi, United States. Son of Francis Pendleton and Sadie (Robert) Gaines.

Education

Graduate, Woodberry Forest Preparatory School, 1935; student, Washington and Lee University, 1935-1937; Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, U. Arizona, 1942; Master of Arts, University Virginia, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy (DuPont fellow), University of Virginia, 1950; Doctor of Humane Letters, College Artesia, 1968.

Career

Engineer on, Mississippi River Engineer on, War Department, 1937-1939; dean of men, assistant to president, Birmingham So College, 1946-1948; superintendent, Gulf Coast Military Academy, 1948; director public relations and development, U. Houston, 1950; dean of students, Southern Methodist U., 1951-1952; president, Wofford College, 1952-1957; vice president, Piedmont National Bank, Spartanburg, South Carolina., 1957-1958; director research study, Fund for Advancement Education, 1958-1959; dean continuing education and summer session, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1959-1973; dean administration, U. Arizona, 1973-1986; also professor educational administration, U. Arizona. Secretary Association Summer Session Deans and Dirs., 1961-1962.

Achievements

• Francis Pendleton Gaines has been listed as a noteworthy university dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Presidents and Deans: a Changing Academic Scene

Membership

President Conference Church-related Colls. South, 1956-1957; official delegate to jurisdictional, general and world conferences of Methodist Church, 1956. Member Council for Basic Education, Woodrow Wilson Regional Selection committee.

Treasurer South Carolina. Foundation Indiana Colls. Citizens advisory council United States Senate Committee to Physician organization and Civil Service.

Advising committee Robert A. Taft Institute Government. Member Arizona Civil War Centennial Commission Served as captain Army of the United States, War Department, General Staff, Military Intelligence, 1942-1945. Fellow National University Extension Association.

Member U. Arizona Alumni Association (director) 1967-1987), Washington and Lee University Alumni Association (president Tucson chapter 1981-1987), Newcomen Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Delta Epsilon, Phi Kappa Sigma, Raven Society.

Connections

Married Dorothy Ruth Bloomhardt, October 10, 1942. Children— Francis Pendleton III, Paul Randolph, Sallie du Vergne. Married Marjorie Anne Hurt, March 25, 1975.