Background
Cox, Headley Morris was born on July 25, 1916 in Mount Olive, North Carolina, United States. Son of Headley Morris and Frank (English) Cox.
Cox, Headley Morris was born on July 25, 1916 in Mount Olive, North Carolina, United States. Son of Headley Morris and Frank (English) Cox.
AB, Duke, 1937; AM, Duke, 1939; postgraduate, U. Colorado, 1944-1945; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1958; Juris Doctor, University of Southern California, 1984.
Successively instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, Professor of English, Clemson (South Carolina.) U., 1939-1982; head department, Clemson (South Carolina.) U., 1950-1969; dean College Liberal Arts, Clemson (South Carolina.) U., 1969-1980; of counsel, Olson, Smith, Jordan & Cox, P.A., since 1984. Senior Fulbright lecturer in American literature Universitat Graz, Austria, 1958-1959.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Irene Todd, June 26, 1940. Children: John Morris, Deborah English, Thomas Headley. Married Elizabeth Shelton Smith, December 30, 1994.