FORT, WILLIAM EDWARDS, JR., 1905-1988
University professor, college president. Born– September 29, 1905, Birmingham. Parents– William Edwards and Adele Brooks Fort. Married–Helene Gores, 1932. Children–two. Married– Margarette Bullard, 1942. Married Anne H. Fort. Education– Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., 1930; Duke University, M.A., 1932; Ph.D. 1934. Taught economics and business administration at Mercer University, 1934-1938; taught business administration and psychology at Winthrop College, 1938-1942; taught psychology and philosophy at Rollins College, 1942-1959. President of Deep Springs College, 1959-61. Director of Americanism Educational League in Buena Park, Calif., 1961-68; associate professor of religion and philosophy at Brigham Young University, 1968-72. Member American Philosophical Association; Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology. Awarded status of professor emeritus at Brigham Young, 1972. Died May 22, 1988.
Source:
Contemporary Authors online.
Joint_Publication(s):
The Socialist Base of Modern Totalitarianism. Berkeley, Calif.; McCutchan, 1970.
The Socialist Revolution. Los Angeles; Clute, 1971.