Warren Frank Spencer

Background

Spencer, Warren Frank was born on January 27, 1923 in Swan Quarter, North Carolina, United States. Son of Carroll Baxter and Lucille Gertrude (Mann) Spencer.

Education

Student, George Washington University 1942; University Florida, 19421943. cum laude; Georgetown University, 1945-1947; Master of History, University Pennsylvania, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1955.

Career

Graduate Teaching Assistant of History at Univ. of Pennsylvania 1949-1950; Professor of history Salem College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1950—1956. Professor of History, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 1956—1967 (Chairman of the division of social studies and department of history, 1961—1967; Co-founder, president Norfolk History Society, 1966—1967). Professor history University Georgia, Athens, 1967-1988 (Sandy Beaver teaching Chair Professor history, Chairman of the Southern Historical Society 1978—1982). Served United States Army, 1943-1945. Served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves retiring as Major.1949-1982.

Achievements

• Warren Frank Spencer has been listed as a noteworthy historian and educator by Marquis Who's Who In America 41st Ed. 1980-1981.

Works

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• Historical Biography

  • Raphael Semmes: The Philosophical Mariner by Warren F. Spencer

    (Raphael Semmes book. Read reviews from world’s largest co...)

    1997

• History Book

  • The Confederate Navy in Europe

    ( Originally published in 1984, The Confederate Navy in E...)

  • The United States and France: Civil War Diplomacy

    (co-authored with Prof. Lynn M. Case, which received the P...)

    1970

Membership

Member of Society French History Studies, Georgia Association Historians (president 1979-1980), Southern History Association (chairman European History section program committee 1970), American History Association, Phi Alpha Theta.

Personality

My father, Bill Spencer, lived his life in pursuit of a dream; to teach. He achieved most of it before developing Alzheimer's. After ten years, he finally let go. But he never stopped teaching. When he was only 18, Dad lost his father who was only 53. He worked while going to college, helped at home, and fought in Italy during the War (ll). He lost his brother, Lynn in a battle in France. He wrote once: "...think of two soldiers far away from those we loved, in strange lands, taught to kill when all we wanted was life. Lynn was denied it; I was given it; could I possibly then fail in my civilian life?" When I was drafted during the Vietnam War, he said that no matter what I decided to do, he would support me 100%. He helped me see that what others might think of me was none of my business. "Learn as much as you can about the world around you, keep focused on the things you think are important, and your life will be filled with success". I owe much to him for giving me the opportunity to be what I chose to be in my life. He helped me by giving me the tools to see, to think, to question and to determine my own path.The rest of it was about showing up and being there. "Let it be what it is"!

Connections

Married Elizabeth Jolanda Toth, September 6, 1947. Children: Lucille Mann, Carroll Baxter.

Father:

Carroll Baxter Spencer

Mother:

Lucille Gertrude (Mann) Spencer

Spouse:

Elizabeth Jolanda Toth

Daughter:

Lucille Mann Spencer

Lucy Spencer

Son:

Carroll Baxter Spencer

CB "Buddy" Spencer

References

• The Mason Memorandum and the Diplomatic Origins of the Declaration of Paris Published in "Diplomacy in an Age of Nationalism: Essays Written in Honor of Lynn Marshall Case", ed. by Nancy N. Barker and Marvin L. Brown, Jr. (by Martinus Nijhoff: The Hague, 1971.
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