Nelson, William Stuart, 1895-1977 (Personal Name)

NUCMC data from Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, for Kittrell, F. Papers, 1924-1980 (William Stuart Nelson; correspondent)

WWWA: v. 7, 1977-1981 (Nelson, William Stuart; b. 1895; d. 1977; educator, of Washington, D.C.)

Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 676 (William Stuart Nelson, educator and theologian, born October 15, 1895 in Paris, Ky. Family moved to Paducah where he graduated from high school. Joined the army in World War I. Earned a bachelors degree from Howard University in 1920 and a bachelor of divinity degree from Yale in 1924. Taught philosophy at Howard University in 1924, then served as president of Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C., then president at Dillard University in New Orleans. Returned to Howard University as an administrator and professor 1940-1968.)