{"id":860,"date":"2011-01-18T16:27:56","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T20:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/?p=860"},"modified":"2011-01-18T16:27:56","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T20:27:56","slug":"original-student-members-of-phi-beta-kappa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/encyclopedia\/original-student-members-of-phi-beta-kappa","title":{"rendered":"Phi Beta Kappa – Original Student Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Original Student Members of<\/span><\/em><\/dt>\n
Phi Beta Kappa<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/dt>\n
75th Anniversary, 1923-1998<\/span><\/em><\/dt>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Robert<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Robert Franklin Davidson<\/span><\/dt>\n
(1902-1985)<\/span><\/dt>\n

Born in Chester, South Carolina to Z. V. and Kate Gaston Davidson, Robert
\nFranklin Davidson attended Davidson College where he was Salutatorian of
\nthe Class of 1923 and was the first student initiated into the Davidson
\nchapter of Phi Beta Kappa that year. He entered the Louisville Presbyterian
\nSeminary in Kentucky in 1925 and while there was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar
\nfrom South Carolina. He completed his training at Oxford University in
\n1928 and later obtained a Ph. D. in Philosophy at Yale University. He was
\nawarded honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from both Limestone College and
\nDavidson College.<\/p>\n

Davidson joined the faculty of the University of Florida at Gainesville
\nin 1946 and became chairman of the department of Humanities. He was elected
\ndean of the faculty of St. Andrews College in North Carolina in 1962. He
\nremained there until 1972 when, as Dean-emeritus, he retired to Gainesville.<\/p>\n

Davidson authored several books, the best known of which is Philosophies
\nMen Live By, adopted as a text by over 100 colleges and universities. In
\n1984, St. Andrews published his autobiography, Adventures in Ideas and
\nValues. Davidson was twice married, first to Mrs. Eve Carlton Davidson
\nof Alabama, who died in 1978, and then, in 1979, to Mrs. Irmgard Kachel
\nClose of Gainesville. Davidson died in May 1985.<\/dt>\n
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\n<\/dt>\n
<\/a><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
\"William<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
William Arnett Gamble<\/span><\/dt>\n
(1894-1973)<\/span><\/dt>\n

William Arnett Gamble received his early education in his hometown of
\nMacon, Georgia. Prior to entering Davidson College in 1919, Gamble was
\nemployed by the G. S. & F. Railway and was later secretary to J. M.
\nWells, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, North Carolina.
\nDuring World War I, he served with the U. S. Navy. Gamble graduated Phi
\nBeta Kappa from Davidson College in 1923 and then attended Columbia Theological
\nSeminary and Union Theological Seminary. He received his B.D. degree in
\n1926.<\/p>\n

Gamble was the pastor of churches in Pinetops, N.C., Raymond, Miss.,
\nCharlotte, N.C., and Hollandale, Mississippi. He served as State Clerk
\nof the Presbytery of Central Mississippi from 1956 to 1963. Gamble was
\na major in the Chaplains’s Corps, U.S. Army during World War II and served
\nas chaplain of army posts in North Carolina and Mississippi. He published
\ntwo books \u00f7 Ten Sermons for Ten Years<\/em> (1940) and Trumpets of
\nthe Lord<\/em> (1971).<\/p>\n

Gamble married Elisabeth Moffitt Thames, a graduate of North Carolina
\nWomen’s College (UNC-Greensboro). Their son, William Arnett III entered
\nDavidson College in 1945. Tragically, he was killed during his junior year
\nin a motorcycle accident. <\/dt>\n
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\n<\/dt>\n
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\"Wilberforce<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Wilberforce Gettys Guille<\/span><\/dt>\n
(1901-1970)<\/span><\/dt>\n

W. Gettys Guille was born in Athens, Tennessee to the Rev. George E.
\nand Amy Gettys Guille. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Davidson College
\nin 1923, Guille moved to Salisbury, North Carolina in 1926. He then began
\na 19 year career with Wachovia Bank, and later organized Builders Supply
\nCompany.<\/p>\n

A trustee of Bryan College of Dayton, Tennessee, and the Reformed Theological
\nSeminary of Jackson, Mississippi, Guille also served as trustee of Bethel
\nCollege of Mercy at Lenoir and was director of the “Presbyterian Journal.”
\nDuring his lifetime, Guille served as chairman of the Rowan Chapter of
\nthe American Red Cross, the Salisbury Community Chest, the Salisbury Chapter
\nof Infantile Paralysis, and as chairman and member of the board of the
\nSalvation Army for 39 years.<\/p>\n

A lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church, Guille also served as
\nstate chaplain of the Gideon Camp organization. At the time of his death
\nin 1970, he was a member of the Franklin Presbyterian Church.<\/p>\n

\n
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Dunbar Hunt Ogden, Jr.<\/span><\/dt>\n
(1903-1978)<\/span><\/dt>\n

A native of Columbus, Mississippi, Dunbar Ogden, Jr. graduated Phi Beta
\nKappa and valedictorian of his class from Davidson College in 1923. He
\nearned a B.D. and a Th.M. degree from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond,
\nVirginia before holding Presbyterian pastorates in eight states.<\/p>\n

During the 1950’s, Ogden served as president of the Greater Little Rock
\nMinisterial Association in Arkansas. It was through this organization that
\nOgden became known as a civil rights pioneer and leader of the integration
\nmovement. In Little Rock on September 4, 1957, Ogden personally led nine
\nblack children in the historic walk through the mobs and up to the line
\nof Governor Faubus’ National Guard placed in front of Little Rock Central
\nHigh School to prevent is integration. A year later, Ogden took the Rev.
\nMartin Luther King to the exercises at Central High where the first black
\nstudent was graduating.<\/p>\n

On “Freedom Day” in 1969, West Virginia State University
\nawarded Ogden with an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree for his “courageous
\nsteps which demonstrate his Christian philosophy, and which point up his
\nbelief in human dignity.” Ogden died in 1978.<\/dt>\n
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\n<\/dt>\n
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\"Hugh<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Hugh Hollingsworth Smith<\/span><\/dt>\n
(1902-1995)<\/span><\/dt>\n

After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Davidson College in 1923, Hugh
\nHollingsworth Smith received his M.D. and M.P.H. (Masters of Public Health)
\nfrom Johns Hopkins University. After completing his work at Johns Hopkins,
\nSmith spent two years (1928-30) as instructor in medicine at Strong Memorial
\nHospital in Rochester, N.Y. He then began a twenty-five year association
\nwith the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation (1930-54).
\nIt was during this time that Smith became the principal member of the scientific
\nteam that developed the yellow fever vaccine for the Rockefeller Foundation.<\/p>\n

Yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes and can kill humans within
\nfive to seven days of being infected. Thanks to Smith’s discovery of the
\nvaccine, however, thousands of lives have been saved from this deadly disease.
\nThe vaccine first proved its effectiveness when in 1937 a deadly outbreak
\nof yellow fever in Brazil was halted by the administration of the vaccine.<\/p>\n

Before retiring as Associate Director of the International Health Division
\nof the Rockefeller Foundation, Smith received the Cruz de Boyoca from the
\nRepublic of Columbia (1941) for his distinguished service in that country,
\nand a citation from the War Department (1945), for his work in public health.
\nIn 1958, he was appointed Professor of Microbiology at the University of
\nArizona. He remained in Tuscon with his wife, Mary Royhl, and his two sons,
\nPeter and Robert, until his death in 1995.<\/dt>\n
\n
\n

Text for this exhibit was taken from the
\nalumni files at Davidson College. Exhibit designed by Molly
\nP. Gillespie, Assistant to Davidson College Archivist. March 16, 1998.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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Original Student Members of Phi Beta Kappa 75th Anniversary, 1923-1998 Robert Franklin Davidson (1902-1985) Born in Chester, South Carolina to Z. V. and Kate Gaston Davidson, Robert Franklin Davidson attended Davidson College where he was Salutatorian of the Class of 1923 and was the first student initiated into the Davidson chapter of Phi Beta Kappa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}