Background
Scott, Gary Thomas was born on March 9, 1944 in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States. Son of Thomas Clifford, Junior and Lillian (Hanks) Fecher.
(Based on his extensive research in private documents and ...)
Based on his extensive research in private documents and long-out-of-print publications, the author provides an intimate look at the early history of the college fraternity known as KA. The book chronicles KA's founding at Washington College in Lexington,
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(Gary Thomas Scott became a member of KA while a student a...)
Gary Thomas Scott became a member of KA while a student at Southwestern University. During the tumultuous 1960s, his interest in the fraternity's origins and its impact on Southern society led him to choose the early history of KA as his thesis topic for his master's degree in Southern History from the University of North Carolina. "This work is primarily an attempt at answering several simple questions: How and why did Kappa Alpha Order, one of several college fraternities established in the South after the Civil War, come to see itself as an organization devoted to the preservation of certain Southern "ideals and principles," i.e. myths or folk attitudes? What were these myths or attitudes which the fraternity sought to preserve? How did KA aid in the portage of these attitudes from one generation to another? And how, in turn, did these selected attitudes work to shape the organization?" The author hopes "that this attempt to decipher 'the mind of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity' will shed some light on the 'mind of the New South.'" An authority on the Kappa Alpha ritual, he has served on ritual revision committees and has interpreted the Order's history to KAs for more than two decades.
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Scott, Gary Thomas was born on March 9, 1944 in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States. Son of Thomas Clifford, Junior and Lillian (Hanks) Fecher.
Bachelor, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1966. Master of Arts, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1969.
History instructor, Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee, 1969-1970; history instructor, Herringswell Manor School, Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom, 1970-1971; assistant to clerk of the works, Washington National Cathedral, 1971-1975; architectural historian, National Park Svc., Washington, 1976-1982; regional historian, National Park Svc., Washington, 1982-1995; historian National Capital area, National Park Svc., Washington, since 1995; chief historian, National Capital Region, since 1996. Lecturer, tour leader Smithsonian Institute, Washington, since 1981. Principal North America.rep. in course on architectural conservation history buildings Property Superior vena cava syndrome Agency and English Heritage of British Government, West Dean College, Chichester, Sussex, England, 1982-1990.
(Based on his extensive research in private documents and ...)
(Gary Thomas Scott became a member of KA while a student a...)
Republican National Park Service, District of Columbia Bicentennial, Washington, since 1991. Member Committee of One Hundred, Washington, l993—, United States Capitol Cornerstone Bicentennial, Washington, 1993, Washington Monument Cornerstone Centennial, 1998. Active History Society Washington, since 1977, Southern History Association, since 1980.
Member Friends Attingham Summer School, New York City, since 1981, Preservation Roundtable, Washington, since 1989. President Victorian Society, Washington, 2002-2004. Member Masons (33 degree), Scottish Rite, Cosmos Club Washington, Kappa Alpha Order (chief alumnus 1991-1995, Distinguished Public Service award 1988, District of Columbia Mayor's History Preservation award 2005).