Hugh Coleman Bailey

Background

Bailey, Hugh Coleman was born on July 2, 1929 in Berry, Alabama, United States. Son of Coleman Costello and Susie (Jenkins) Bailey.

Education

Bachelor of Arts with honors, Samford U., 1950; Master of Arts, University Alabama, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University Alabama, 1954.

Career

Instructor history and political science Samford University, 1953-1954, assistant professor, 1954-1956, associate professor, 1956-1959, professor, 1959-1975, chairman department, head division social science, 1967-1970. Dean Howard College Arts and Sciences, 1970-1975. Vice president for academy affairs Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina, 1975-1978.

President Valdosta (Georgia) State University, 1978—2002, president emeritus, since 2002. Member commission colleges Southern Association Colleges and Schools, 1974-1975. Vice president Alabama Academy of Sciences, 1968-1969.

President Alabama Writers Conclave, 1971-1973.

Achievements

• Hugh Coleman Bailey has been listed as a noteworthy academic administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Edgar Gardner Murphy: Gentle Progressive

    ( “Bailey’s account is sharply focused on Murphy’s public...)

  • John Williams Walker: A Study in the Political, Social and Cultural Life of the Old Southwest

    (Hardcover: 228 pages Publisher: see notes for publisher i...)

  • Hinton Rowan Helper: Abolitionist and Racist
  • Hinton Rowan Helper, Abolitionist Racist

    (Book by Bailey, Hugh C.)

  • John Williams Walker: A Study in the Political, Social and Cultural Life of the
  • Liberalism in the New South; Southern Social Reformers and the Progressive Movement: Southern Social Reformers and the Progressive Movement
  • Edgar Gardner Murphy, Gentle Progressive
  • John Williams Walker: A Study in the Political, Social and Cultural Life of the Old Southwest
  • Edgar Gardner Murphy Gentle Progressive

Membership

Vice president Homewood City Board Education, 1972-1975. President Valdosta chapter American Red Cross, 2001-2003. Board directors Salvation Army.

Chairman Valdosta Habitat's Jimmy Carter Work Project, 2002-2003, Partnership for Health. Fellow Royal Society Arts. Member Valdosta Chamber of Commerce, Pi Gamma Mu (trustee, national trustee-at-large 1969-1971, national 1st vice president 1978-1984, president 1984-1990), vestryman, Christ Church, 2006-2008, Kiwanis.

Connections

Married Ahleida Joan Seever, November 17, 1962. Children: Debra Jane, Laura Joan.

Father:

Coleman Costello Bailey

Mother:

Susie (Jenkins) Bailey

Spouse:

Ahleida Joan Seever

child:

Debra Jane Bailey

child:

Laura Joan Bailey