Background
Flippin, Percy Scott was born on September 19, 1874 in Amelia, Virginia, United States. Son of George Rush and Susan Booker (Harper) Flippin.
Flippin, Percy Scott was born on September 19, 1874 in Amelia, Virginia, United States. Son of George Rush and Susan Booker (Harper) Flippin.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Richmond (Virginia) 1906, (honorary Doctor of Letters, 1941). Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1912.
Secretary endownment fund, University of Richmond, 1909-1910. Professor of history, Center College, Danville, Kentucky, 1912-1916, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1916-1919, Mercer U., Macon, Georgia, 1919-1927, Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina., 1927-1933. Dean Graduate School, Mercer U., 1922-1927.
Research statistician NRA, 1933-1934. Chief division of research The National Archives, 1935-1938, chief division independent agencies archives, 1938-1943. Economic Research Expert, Economic Warfare Unit, Department of Justice, 1943-1944.
Statistical Analyst, International Division, Headquarters, Army Service Forces, War Department, 1945-1946. Historian, Renegotiation Division, War Department, 1947-1948. Lecturer in history, University of Texas, summer 1920, University of West Virginia, summer 1925, Johns Hopkins University, summer, 1926, University of North Carolina, summer, 1927, University of Virginia, summer, 1929, 30, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, summer 1931.
Managing editor Georgia History Quarterly. Curator Georgia History Society.
Member American History Association, Mississippi Valley History Association, Society of America Archivists, American Association of University professors, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Gamma Museum. Member party of university profs. taken to Europe by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to Study the World Court and the League of Nations, 1926.
Married Laura Arnold Binns, 1921. Children: Percy Scott, Laura Arnold.