Background
Rose, Frank Anthony was born on October 16, 1920 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Son of Frank Anthony and Susan Clare (Cooper) Rose.
consultant university administrator
Rose, Frank Anthony was born on October 16, 1920 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Son of Frank Anthony and Susan Clare (Cooper) Rose.
Bachelor of Arts, Transylvania University, 1942, Doctor of Laws, 1958. Bachelor of Divinity, Lexington Seminary, 1946. Doctor of Laws, Lynchburg College, 1951, U. Cincinnati, 1958, University of Alabama, 1958, Samford University, 1960.
Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Saint Bernard College, 1964.
Doctor of Science West. Virginia, University, 1965. Doctorate.Hum., American U.-Mexico, 1965, Baptist College Charleston, 1970.
Doctor of Literature, Central Methodist College, 1977. Director admissions, professor philosophy Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, 1943-1948, advisor to president, 1948-1951, president, 1951-1958.
President University of Alabama, 1958-1969.
Chairman of the Board University Associations, Incorporated. (later merged with Cassidy & Associations), Washington, from 1969, senior consultant, until 1991. National chairman for planning and development Salk Institute, 1970-1974.
Member board control, Executive Committee Southern Regional Education Board, 1958-1968.
Member Commision on Higher Education Opportunity in the South, 1964-1968. Chairman board of trustees American Universities Field Staff, 1968-1974.
Board curators Transylvania U. Chairman Alabama March of Dimes, 1958-1965, regional chairman, 1965-1969. Trustee Salk Institute Biological Studies, National Foundation.
Member National Citizen Committee on Public television
Member of advisory panel Reserve Officers Training Corps affairs, United States Army, 1964-1968. Chairman of the Board visitors United States Military Academy, West Point, 1968-1969.
Board of Governors Air University, 1960, chairman, 1962. Member Executive Committee, trustee March of Dimes, from 1975.
Chairman of the Board Governors Georgetown University Association of International Marathons and Distance Races.
Medical School Program, from 1982. Member Alexander Graham Bell Centennial Board, 1984. Consultant Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, from 1982, Mount Sinai Medical Center, from 1985, White House Staff on Edition and Minority Affairs, from 1965.
Delegate United States Committee to Atlantic Congress, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1959.
Executive Committee Reading is Fundamental, from 1969. Member National Commission States Desegregation of Schools, 1976-1978.
National advising committee Council on Medical Health Professions Education, 1977-1981. Chairman of the Board Christian Church Foundation, 1977-1979.
Member policy board TACTICS.
Rose was a Meridian, Mississippi native. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Transylvania College, now Transylvania University, and a Bachelor of Divinity from Lexington Theological Seminary. In 1945, Transylvania College hired him as professor of philosophy, and in 1951, Rose became president of that institution.
He was the youngest college president in the country.
The United States Junior Chamber of Commerce elected Rose in 1955 as one of the "Ten Outstanding Young Men in America."
In 1958, Frank Rose became president of the University of Alabama. He was a 1959 delegate to the Atlantic Congress of North Atlantic Treaty Organization for the United States Committee.
Rose was elected to the South"s Hall of Fame for the Living in 1960, and earned the 1966 Distinguished Service Key from Omicron Delta Kappa, for which he was national president Rose served as Chairman of the Board of Visitors in 1968 for the United States Military Academy at West Point.
He further served as Chairman of the Educational Advisory Committee of the Appalachian Regional Commission in 1968.
On August 25, 1969, the Alabama state legislature inducted Frank Rose into the Alabama Academy of Honor. Rose was awarded several honorary degrees from the University of Cincinnati, the University of Alabama, Samford University, Transylvania College, Lynchburg College, Saint Bernard College (renamed Southern Benedictine College), and the University of the Americas in Mexico City. Rose died in 1991 from cancer and pneumonia, aged 70.
Executive committee member Reading is Fundamental, since 1969. Member National Commission States Desegregation of Schools, 1976—1978. National advisory committee council Medical Health Professions Education, 1977—1981.
Chairman board Christian Church Foundation, 1977—1979. Member policy board TACTICS. Chairman board trustees American United States Field Staff, 1968—1974.
Board curators Transylvania University. Chairman Alabama March of Dimes, 1958—1965, regional chairman, 1965—1969. Trustee Salk Institute Biological Studies, National Foundation.
Member executive committee, trustee March of Dimes, since 1975. Chairman board governors Georgetown University Association of International Marathons and Distance Races. Medical School Program, since 1982.
Member Alexander Graham Bell Centennial Board, 1984. Consultant Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, since 1982, Mount Sinai Medical Center, since 1985, White House Staff on Education and Minority Affairs, since 1965. Delegate United States Committee to Atlantic Congress, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1959.
Member of National Association State University & Land Grant Colleges (executive committee 1965), Cosmos Club, Kappa Alpha (president, trustee scholarship fund 1988-1991, Distinguished Service award 1988), Omicron Delta Kappa (national president 1968), Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Tommye Stewart Rose, October 16, 1942. Children: Susan Rose Dabney, Frank Anthony, Julian, Elizabeth.