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Vandiver, Frank Everson was born on December 9, 1925 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Harry Shultz and Maude Folmsbee (Everson) Vandiver.
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Vandiver, Frank Everson was born on December 9, 1925 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Harry Shultz and Maude Folmsbee (Everson) Vandiver.
Rockefeller fellow in humanities, University Texas, 1946-1947; Rockefeller fellow in American Studies, University Texas, 1947-1948; Master of Arts, University Texas, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Tulane University, 1951; Master of Arts (by decree), Oxford (England) University, 1963; HHD (honorary), Austin College, 1977; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lincoln College, 1989; Bachelor (honorary), Lincoln College, 1994.
Appointed historian, Army Service Forces Depot, Civil Service, San Antonio, 1944-1945;
Appointed historian, Air U., 1951;
professor of history, Louisiana State University, summers 1953-1957;
assistant professor of history, Washington University, St. Louis, 1952-1955;
assistant professor of history, Rice U., Houston, 1955-1956;
associate professor, Rice U., Houston, 1956-1958;
professor, Rice U., Houston, 1958-1965;
Harris Masterson Junior professor of history, Rice U., Houston, 1965-1979;
department chairman history and political science, Rice U., Houston, 1962-1963;
department history, Rice U., Houston, 1968-1969;
acting president, Rice U., Houston, 1969-1970;
provost, Rice U., Houston, 1970-1979;
vice president, Rice U., Houston, 1975-1979;
president, chancellor, N. Texas State University, Denton and Texas College Osteopathic Medicine, 1979-1981;
president, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1981-1988;
president emeritus, distinguished U. professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, since 1988;
founding president, Academy Marshall Plan, 1992;
Sara and John Lindsey chair in humanities, 1988. Harmsworth professor American history University of Oxford, 1963-1964. Visiting professor of history U. Arizona, summer 1961.
Master Margarett Root Brown College, Rice U., 1964-1966. Harman lecturer Air Force Academy, 1963. Keese lecturer U. Chattanooga, 1967.
Fortenbaugh lecturer Gettysburg College, 1974. Phi Beta Kappa associate lecturer, since 1970. Visiting professor military history United States Military Academy, 1973-1974.
Honorary president Occidental U., St. Louis, 1975-1980. Chairman of the Board American U. Cairo, 1992-1997, acting president, 1997-1998.
Member board trustees American University in Cairo, 1988, chairman, 1992-1997. Fellow Texas History Association. Member American History Association, Southern History Association (associate editor journal 1959-1962, president 1975-1976), Texas Institute Letters (past president), Jefferson Davis Association (president, chairman advisory board editors of papers), Society of America Historians (councillor), Texas Philosophical Society (president 1978), Civil War Round Table (Houston), Organization American Historians, Phi Beta Kappa.
Clubs: Cosmos, Army and Navy (Washington). Briarcrest Country (College Station).
Married Carol Sue Smith, April 19, 1952 (deceased 1979). Children: Nita, Nancy, Frank Alexander. Married Renée Aubry, March 21, 1980.