Biography:

Educator. Born– Apr. 24, 1942 in Lancaster, Pa. Parents– Samuel Bechtel and Caroline Elizabeth (Nissly) Stayer. Married– Margaret Lee Gilbreath on Dec. 29, 1984. Education– Ursinus College, B.A.; Duke University, M.A., Ph.D. Taught at Fairleigh-Dickinson University, 1968-1972; Birmingham Southern College after 1972. Received research grant from Duke University 1971; Kellogg Foundation grant 1978; National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant 1979; Title III grant 1982, and Mellon Foundation grant 1983; member Men’s Honor Society of Uranus College, Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Delta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, and Pi Nu Epsilon honor societies.

Source:

Files at Jacksonville State University.

Joint_Publication(s):

View from the Hilltop; the First 125 Years of Birmingham Southern College. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Southern College, 1981.