Background
III, William Bates Hair was born on March 16, 1952 in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Bates and Lou(Holland) H.
III, William Bates Hair was born on March 16, 1952 in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Bates and Lou(Holland) H.
Bachelor of Science, U. Tennessee, 1976. Master of Divinity, Mid-American Baptist Theological Seminary, 1980. Master of Library Science, Vanderbilt University, 1982.
Sales representative Groves Thread Company, Inc., Gastonia, North Carolina, 1972-1973. Minister of youth Lexa Baptist Church (Arkansas), 1977-1978. Library assistant Mid-American Baptist Theol.Sem., Memphis, 1978-1980, cataloger and technical services head, 1980-1982, director library, 1982-1988, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Mill Valley, Calif, 1988-1994.
Trustee Memphis and Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 1983^, vice president, 1985, president 1986-1987.
Minister of youth Lexa Bapt.
Member American Library Association, American Theological library association, Tennessee Theological library association (vice president 1985), Tennessee library association, Southeastern library association, California library association Beta Phi Mu, Kappa Sigma.
Married Mary Elizabeth Timanus, December 9, 1972. Children: Melissa Bain, Laura Elizabeth, Megan Holland.