Background
Quillian, William Fletcher was born on April 13, 1913 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Fletcher and Nonie (Acree) Quillian.
Quillian, William Fletcher was born on April 13, 1913 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Fletcher and Nonie (Acree) Quillian.
Bachelor of Arts, Emory University, 1935; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Emory University, 1959; Bachelor of Divinity, Yale, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1943; postgraduate, U. Edinburgh, 1938-1939; postgraduate, U. Basel, 1939; Day fellow from, Yale, 1938-1939; Rosenwald fellow, 1940-1941; Doctor of Laws, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1952; Doctor of Laws, Hampden-Sydney College, 1978; Doctor of Laws, Randolph-Macon College, 1967; Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 1978.
Student assistant, Stamford (Connecticut) Presbyn Church, 1936-1938; delegate, General Committee of World Student Christian Federation, Bievres, France, 1938; discussion leader, World Conference Christian Youth, Amsterdam, Holland, 1939; pastor, Clarendon (Vermont) Community Church, summer 1940; assistant professor philosophy, Gettysburg College, 1941-1943; professor, Gettysburg College, 1943-1945; professor philosophy, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1945-1952; president, Randolph Macon Woman's College, 1952-1978 president emeritus, Randolph Macon Woman's College, since 1978; senior vice president, Central Fidelity Bank, 1978-1988; executive director, Greater Lynchburg (Virginia) Community Trust, 1988-1997; vice president, board directors, Pride of Virginia Meats, Inc. Teacher Garrett Biblical Institute, summer 1951.
President board directors United Way Center Virginia, campaign chairman, 1987. Board directors Alpha Tau Omega Foundation, Lynchburg General Hospital. Honorary life trustee Virginia Foundation Indiana Colls., president, 1958-1961.
Member Association Virginia Colls. (past president), Southern U. Conference (president 1967-1968), So.Assn. Colls. for Women (president 1956), National Association United Methodist Colleges Universities (president 1973), American Philosophical Association, Society for Values in Higher Education (member central committee 1945-1948, chairman 1947-1948), National Association Biblical Instrs., American Association of University Professors, Greater Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce (director president 1979-1980), PhiBeta Kappa., Omicron Delta Kappa, Alpha Tau Omega (director foundation).
Married Margaret Hannah Weigle, June 15, 1940. Children— William Fletcher III, Anne Acree, Katherine, Robert.