Background
Weatherford, Willis Duke was born on June 24, 1916 in Biltmore, North Carolina, United States.
Weatherford, Willis Duke was born on June 24, 1916 in Biltmore, North Carolina, United States.
Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1937; Bachelor of Divinity, Yale University, 1940; postgraduate, U. North Carolina, 1940-1941; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Harvard University, 1952; Doctor of Laws, Carleton College, 1969; Doctor of Laws, Swarthmore College, 1981; Doctor of Humane Letters, Blackburn U., 1983; Doctor of Humane Letters, Transylvania U., 1983; Doctor of Humane Letters, Berea College, 1984; L.L.D., Tusculum College, 1987.
Director youth work, Methodist Commission World Peace, 1943-1944; relief worker, American Friends Service Committee, Europe, 1944-1947; assistant professor economics, Swarthmore College, 1948-1954; associate professor, Swarthmore College, 1954-1964; academic dean, Carleton College, 1965-1967; president, Berea College, Kentucky, 1967-1984; president emeritus, assistant to president, Berea College, 1984-1991.
Rural development specialist American Friends Svc. Committee, India, 1950-1951, United Nations, Malaya, 1959-1960, Rotary Club, India, 1993. Board chairman Pine Mountain Settlement School, 1967-1984.
President Black Mountain Pairing Project, 1988-1989, 92-93. Board directors Frontier Nursing Svc., Warren Wilson College, Blue Ridge Young Men’s Christian Association Assembly North Carolina, The Morgan School, Black Mountain Rotary Club. Member American Economics Association, Association Asian Studies, American Association of University Professors (president chapter 1965), Grace Episcopal Church, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
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M. Anne Smith, 1954; children: Edith, Julia, Willis III, Susan, Alice.