Background
Weaver,, William Kiser was born on December 23, 1918 in Oxford, Alabama, United States.
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William Kiser Weaver
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AB, Samford University, 1940. Doctor of Divinity, Samford University, 1957. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1943.
Doctor of Laws, Mobile College, 1984.
Career
Director religious activities Samford University, Birmingham, 1946-1948. Director department Baptist student work Alabama, 1948-1950. Pastor First Baptist Church, Sylacauga, 1950-1961.
Founding president Mobile College, 1961-1984, chancellor, since 1984. Member education commission Southern Baptist Convention, 1968-1973.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman Citizen's Committee for Juvenile Delinquency Study, 1966-1969. Board directors Boy Scouts American, Mobile Area council, since 1964, American Red Cross, Mobile chapter, since 1966. Board directors Community Chest and Council, 1967-1975, president, 1974-1975.
Board directors Gordon Smith Center, since 1969, Mobile Museum Board, 1964-1977. Chairman Mobil Museum Board, 1976-1977. Member advisory committee Rotary Rehabilitation Center, since 1973.
Board directors United Fund Mobile, since 1976, Volunteer, 1975-1979, 84—. Volunteer American's Junior Miss Scholarship Foundation, 1969-1972, Baptist Sunday School Board, 1964-1967, Mobile United, since 1972, Mobile Easter Seal Society, since 1979. Board directors Alabama Easter Seal Society, since 1984, vice chairman, 1985, 87.
Board directors Mobile County chapter American Heart Association, since 1985. Chairman Junior Miss Advisory Committee, 1961-1964, Mobile Area United Way, 1983. Trustee Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1974-1983, Gulf Coast Institute Research and Technology, 1966-1968.
Served with United States Navy, 1944-1946. Member Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce (director 1975-1979, 83-85), Council Advancement of Small Colleges (director 1965-1968, 70-76), Alabama Association Indiana Colleges (vice president 1975), Association Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools (president 1977-1978), Alabama History Society, Mobile Historic Preservation Society, Newcomen Society, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa. Lodges: Rotary (president 1954-1955, 74-75, director 1970-1976, district governor 1978-1979).
Connections
Son of William Kiser and Roberta (Cooper) W. M. Annie Boyd Parker, November 4, 1948. 1 daughter, Anne Parker Weaver Davis.
