Background
Massie, Samuel Proctor was born on July 3, 1919 in North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. Son of Samuel Proctor M. and Earlee Lillian (Jacko) Taylor.
Massie, Samuel Proctor was born on July 3, 1919 in North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. Son of Samuel Proctor M. and Earlee Lillian (Jacko) Taylor.
A.A., Dunbar Junior College, 1936; Bachelor of Science, A.M.N. College, 1938; Master of Arts, Fisk U., 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1946; honorary Doctor of Laws, U. Arkansas, 1970; Doctor of Science, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, 1985; Doctor of Hebrew Literature (honorary), Bowie State University, 1990; Honorary Doctor of Science, The College of Wooster, 1992.
Assistant professor, acting chairman math and physics department, A.M.N. College, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1940-1941;
instructor chemistry, Fisk U., Nashville, 1946-1947;
professor, chairman chemistry department, Langston U., Oklahoma, 1947-1953;
professor, chairman chemistry department, Fisk U., Nashville, 1953-1960;
associate program director, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1960-1963;
professor, chairman pharmaceutical chemistry department, Howard U., Washington, 1961-1963;
president, North Carolina College, Durham, 1963-1966;
professor of chemistry, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland., 1966-1994;
department chairman, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland., 1977-1981;
vice president of education, Bingwa Multicultural Software Company, since 1994. Eminent resident scholar Virginia State University, Petersburg, fall 1981-1982. Mem.Md. State Board for Community Colls., Annapolis, 1968-1989, chairman, 1978-1989.
Chairman Governor's Science Advisory Board, Annapolis, 1981-1989. Trustee College of Wooster, Ohio, 1966-1987. Trustee emeritus since 1987.
Speaker in field MartinLuther King Junior address, Economics Club, Detroit, 1990. Professor Emeritus Status award, United States Naval Academy.
President A.A. County Community Services, Annapolis, 1976-1979. Board directors A.A. County American Red Cross, 1978-1983. Member Executive Board Boy Scouts American, Washington, 1975-1978.
Fellow Oklahoma Academy Science (president 1953), American Institute Chemists. Member American Chemical Society (Chairman of Commission on visiting scientists in chemistry 1958-1960, chairman division chemical education 1973-1974), National Institute Science (regional director 1953-1956), Tennessee Academy Science, American Council on Education (member of commission on academic affairs), National Education Association, North Carolina Teachers Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi (president Tennessee A.L.-Fisk-Meharry Club 1955), honorary alumnus member USNA Alumni, since 1993, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Beta Kappa Chi (national president 1956-1959), Rho Chi.
Married Gloria B. Thompkins, August 23, 1947. Children: Herbert and James (twins), SamuelIII.