Biography:

College president; professor; theologian. Born– May 8, 1938, Charlotte, NC. Parents–James Bell and Emily Jones Frazier Kuykendall. Married–Nancy Adams Moore, July 15, 1961.  Children–two.  Education– Davidson College, B.A.,1959; Union Theological Seminary, B.D., 1964; Yale Divinity School, S.T.M., 1965; Princeton University, M.A., 1972; Ph.D., 1975. Ordained to the Presbyterian ministry, 1965.   Presbyterian campus pastor at Auburn University, 1965-70; professor of religion at Auburn, 1973-84.  15th President of Davidson College, 1984-97; Thatcher Professor of Religion at Davidson, 1997-2003; interim president, 2010-2011. Member American Society for Church History. Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award for outstanding faculty member at Auburn, 1982. Awarded honorary doctorates by Hanover College, 1999, and Wofford College, 1999.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online. Auburn Alumnews; Auburn University Catalog.

Publication(s):

Southern Enterprize. New York; Greenwood Press, 1982.

Joint_Publication(s):

Presbyterians, Their History and Beliefs. Atlanta; John Knox Press, 1978.