Background
Hurt, Frank Benjamin was born on October 22, 1899 in Ferrum, Virginia, United States. Son of John Kempleton and Lelia (Angle) Hurt.
Hurt, Frank Benjamin was born on October 22, 1899 in Ferrum, Virginia, United States. Son of John Kempleton and Lelia (Angle) Hurt.
AB, Washington and Lee University, 1923. Master of Arts, University Virginia, 1925. AM, Princeton University, 1926.
Postgraduate, Johns Hopkins, 1929—1930. Postgraduate, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, 1938—1940. HHD (honorary), Ferrum College, 1982.
Teaching fellow University North Carolina, 1926—1927. Instructor Ferrum College, 1927—1929. Associate professor political science Western Maryland College, 1930—1965, professor emeritus, since 1965, head division political science, 1949.
Head division social science Ferrum Junior College, since 1965, professor emeritus, since 1970, trustee, since 1983. Lecturer school special and continuation studies University Maryland, 1950—1965. Instructor summers Hun School, Princeton, 1927—1932.
Director First National Bank, Ferrum, vice president, since 1977, president, 1980—1987. Trustee Longwood College Foundation, 1976—1982.
Member of American Association of University Professors, Franklin County History Society (president 1969-1970), National Collegiate Foreign Language Society, American Academy Political and Social Science, American History Association, American Political Science Association, Lion Club (president Ferrum 1968), Phi Theta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu.
Married Mary Ann Wescott, June 3, 1943.