Background
II, John Lemacks Stokes, was born on August 23, 1908 in Songdo, Republic of Korea.
II, John Lemacks Stokes, was born on August 23, 1908 in Songdo, Republic of Korea.
AB, Asbury College, 1930. Postgraduate, Asbury Theological Seminary, 1931. Master of Divinity, Duke University, 1932.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1936. Doctor of Laws, Pfeiffer College, 1975.
Pastor Methodist churches, Randleman, Franklin and Elkin, North Carolina, 1936-1945, Rock Hill, St. John's, South Carolina, 1945-1950. Secretary religion higher education, division educational institutions Board Education Methodist Church, Nashville, 1950-1953, delegate jurisdictional conference, 1952, 60, 68. President Pfeiffer College, Misenheimer, North Carolina, 1953-1968.
Executive secretary Quadrennial Emphasis, United Methodist Church, 1968-1969. Associate director North Carolina Board Higher Education, Raleigh, 1969-1971, acting director, 1972. Associate vice president University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1972-1975, special assistant in academy affairs, 1976-1993.
Director numerous out-of-state programs in health professions, 1972-1994. Member Governors Commission Citizens for Better Schools North Carolina, 1956-1960, North Carolina Committee on Nursing and Patient Care, 1956-1964, North Carolina Higher Education Facilities Education, 1964-1968, North Carolina Committee on Drug Abuse, 1970-1976, North Carolina Committee on Aeronautical Education, 1971-1986. Chairman North Carolina advisory committee Farmers Home Administration, 1967-1969, Marine Science Council, 1969-1972.
Director North Carolina Institute Undergraduate Curricular Reform, 1972-1978. Coordinator Fort Bragg-Pope Graduate Program, 1973-1977. Advisory committee National Four-year Servicemens Opportunity College, 1973-1978.
Board directors American Red Cross, 1940-1948, Young Men’s Christian Association, 1946-1950. Vice chairman Western North Carolina Conference Board Missions, 1960-1964. Trustee Asbury College, 1945-1951.
Member Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, United States Lawn Tennis Association, American Association Higher Education, Southern Srs. Golf Association, National Education Association, National Christian Education Association, Southern Philosophical Society, Woman's Society Christian Service, Echo Farms Country Club, Masons, Shriners, Rotary, Civitan, Lions.
Son of Marion Boyd and Florence Pauline (Davis) S. M. Alda Grey Beaman, June 20, 1933. Children: John Lemacks III, Mary Anne (foster daughter).