Background
Ruff, Robert Hamric was born on July 27, 1887 in Chester, Mississippi, United States. Son of George Thomas and Mary (Hamric) Ruff.
Ruff, Robert Hamric was born on July 27, 1887 in Chester, Mississippi, United States. Son of George Thomas and Mary (Hamric) Ruff.
Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1910. Bachelor of Divinity, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia., 1915. Graduate study Vanderbilt, University of Chicago, Columbia University.
Doctor of Divinity, Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1928.
Doctor of Laws, Ohio Northern University, 1929, Millsaps College, 1941.
Principal high school, Rolling Forks, Mississippi, 1910-1911, Moorhead, Mississippi, 1911-1913. Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1915. Pastor Moorhead, Mississippi, 1915-1917.
Secretary rural work, Board Missions, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1921-1926.
Secretary adult education, General South.S. Board, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1926-1927. President Morris Harvey College, Barboursville, West Virginia, 1927-1929.
President Central College, Fayette, Missouri, since 1930.
Served as First lieutenant, chaplain, United States Army, 1917-1919. Member Missouri Conference, Methodist Church. Member Kappa Sigma, Sigma Upsilon, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Mason.
Club: Kiwanis.
Married Annie Mae Gallbreth, July 15, 1925 (died May 6, 1931).