Goodrich Cook White

Background

White, Goodrich Cook was born on November 13, 1889 in Griffin, Georgia, United States. Son of George Berry and Florence Richards (Cook) White.

Education

AB, Emory College, 1908; AM, Columbia, 1911; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1927; Doctor of Laws, U. Chattanooga, 1947; Doctor of Laws, Hamline U., 1949; Doctor of Laws, U. North Carolina, 1950; Doctor of Laws, Dickinson College, 1954; Doctor of Laws, Bucknell U., 1964; Doctor of Letters, Cornell, 1954; HHD, West Virginia Wesleyan, 1958; HHD, Ohio Northern U., 1958; Doctor of Humane Letters, Clark College, 1950; Doctor of Humane Letters, Emory University, 1965.

Career

Professor of English, instructor psychology, Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1911-1913; professor psychology and education, Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia, 1913-1914; professor mental and moral science, Emory College, 1914-1918; associate professor psychology, Emory University, 1919-1920; professor, Emory University, 1920-1942; dean College Arts and Sciences, Emory University, 1923-1938; dean Graduate School, Emory University, 1929-1942; vice president, Emory University, 1938-1942; president, Emory University, 1942-1957; chancellor, Emory University, from 1957.

Achievements

• Goodrich Cook White has been listed as a noteworthy University chancellor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member General Board Education, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1934-1940. Member University Senate, Methodist Church, 1940-1960. Member President's Commision on Higher Education, 1946-1947.

Trustee Wesleyan College, Clark College With United States Army, 1918-1919. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Association Georgia Colls.

(president 1933-1934), Conference Academy Deansof Southern States (president 1933), Conference Deans. of Southern Graduate Schools (president 1939), Southern Association Colleges Secondary Schools (member of commission secondary schools 1923-1936, secretary commn on institutions of higher education 1940-1947), Southern University Conference (president 1949-1950), Georgia Academy Science (president 1939), Chi Pi, Omicron Delta KAppa, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa (president Gamma of Georgia, 1931-1932, 37-38, senator 1937-1961, president United chapters 1952-1955).

Connections

Married Helen Dean Chappell, May 4, 1915. Children: Goodrich Cook (deceased), Edwin Chappell.

Father:

George Berry White

Mother:

Florence Richards (Cook) White

Spouse:

Helen Dean Chappell

child:

Edwin Chappell White

child:

Goodrich Cook White (deceased)