John Alvin Bacoats

Background

Bacoats, John Alvin was born on October 10, 1892 in Farmerville, Louisiana, United States. Son of Cupid T. and Georgia Ann (Spears) Bacoats.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Bishop College, Marshall, Texas, 1916, Doctor of Laws, 1946. Bachelor of Divinity, Virginia Union University, 1919, Doctor of Divinity, 1937. Master of Arts, Oberlin College, 1929.

Student summers University of Chicago, Columbia, U. Iowa.

Career

Minister Mount Hope Baptist Church, Brooke, Virginia, 1919-1929. Mount Garland Baptist Church, Fredericks Hall, Virginia, 1923-1928. Principal Fredericksburg (Virginia) Normal Institute, 1919-1929.

President Leland College, Baton Rouge, 1929-1942.

Minister Mount Zion First African Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, 1931-1942. President Benedict College, Columbia, South Carolina., since 1944.

Achievements

• John Alvin Bacoats has been listed as a noteworthy college president, clergyman. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Baptist Convention, Incorporated.

Connections

Married Inez B. Combs, June 27, 1923.