Biography:

Professor of history, college president. Born– August 13, 1910, Mobile. Parents– Matthew and Ruth (Shepard) Davis. Married– Mary Greenfield Merritt, June 6, 1936.  Children–three. Education– Auburn Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1931; M.S., 1932; Duke University, Ph.D., 1938. U.S. Army Air Force, 1942-45. Assistant professor of history, Auburn, 1937-1942; Florida State University, 1947-1959; professor of history and president of Winthrop College, South Carolina, 1950-1973.  Member of American Council on Education and International Association of College Presidents. Died April 13, 1993.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars, 1978.

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1973-1974.

Publication(s):

Colin J. McRae; Confederate Financial Agent. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Confederate Publishing Co., 1961.

Cotton Kingdom in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama State Department of Archives and History, 1939.

Editor:

Report of Operations of the U.S. Seventh Army, 1945.

Papers;

Papers of Dr. Davis’ tenure as president of Winthrop College are held by the Louise Pettus Archives at Winthrop.