Leslie Ray Mellichamp

Background

Mellichamp, Leslie Ray was born on January 3, 1921 in Columbia, South Carolina. Son of Leslie Ray and Mattie Lou (McCants) Mellichamp.

Education

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Clemson U., 1943; Master of Arts in English, U. North Carolina, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy in Liberal Arts, Emory University, 1968.

Career

Test engineer, General Electric, Bridgeport, Connecticut test engineer, General Electric, Syracuse, New York, 1946-1947; distribution engineer, Duke Power Company, Anderson, South Carolina., 1947-1950; publications engineer, Western Electric Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1953-1955; assistant Professor of English,, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1955-1960, 64-65; associate professor of history, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1965-1985; associate professor emeritus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, since 1985.

Achievements

• Leslie Ray Mellichamp has been listed as a noteworthy Poetry magazine editor, history educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

First lieutenant Signal Corps, Army of the United States, 1943-1946, PTO.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Freligh Davis, April 6, 1947. Children: Jean Marie, Nancy Lee, David Elliott.