George Vernon Irons, Sr.

Background

Sr., George Vernon Irons, was born on August 7, 1902 in Demopolis, Alabama, United States. Son of Andrew George and Belle (Allen) I.

Education

Bachelor of Arts Alabama, 1924. Master of Arts, University Alabama, 1925. Postgraduate, Emory University, 1929.

Postgraduate, University North Carolina, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1936. Postgraduate, Ohio State University, 1952.

Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1957.

Career

Assistant principal Perry County High School, Marion, Alabama, 1925-1927. Master Darlington School for Boys, Rome, 1927-1931. Assistant department history Duke University, 1931-1933.

Professor history and political science Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1933-1945, chairman department, 1945-1967, chairman division social science, 1962-1967, professor history, 1945-1976. Participant Danforth Foundation Seminar on Higher Education, Bronxville, New York, 1957, Ford Foundation Seminar in Political Science, Berea, Kentucky, 1960.

Achievements

• George Vernon Irons, Senior has been listed as a noteworthy history educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Jefferson County Judicial Commission, 1950-1952. Member Civil War Centennial Commission Alabama, 1961-1965, Home Service Council, American Red Cross, 1947-1950. Associate director Freedoms Foundation Seminar, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1968, 70, 72, trustee Birmingham area chapter.

Board directors Birmingham Council Parents and Teachers Served from captain to lieutenant colonel, A.A.A. Army of the United States., 1941-1945. Member Southern History Association, Alabama History Association (past member executive committee, past member editorial board), Baptist History Association, Birmingham-Jefferson History Association (treasurer since 1980, Annual award in Local History 1981), John H. Forney History Society, Alabama Writers Conclave (treasurer, past vice president), Alabama Guidance Association, Alabama Academy of Sciences (past vice president), Reserve Officers Association, United Daughters of the Confederacy (Jefferson Davis medal 1991), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta, Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, Kappa Phi Kappa, Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi (past president).

Connections

Married Irma Velma Wright, June 16, 1926. Children– George Vernon, William Lee.

Father:

Andrew George I.

Mother:

Belle (Allen) I.

Spouse:

Irma Velma Wright

child:

George Vernon Sr.

child:

William Lee Sr.