Biography:

Teacher; College president.  Born– February 18, 1864, Etowah County. Parents– Josiah and Louisa (Riggs) Brock. Married– Carrie L. Luttrell, July 6, 1899 (died 1908).  Children–one. Married– Mary A. Boyd, August 10, 1910. Education– Graduated from the State Normal School at Florence; University of Alabama, A.B., 1900; studied at the University of the South. Teacher and principal at several Alabama public schools, 1883–1902; Superintendent of schools in Opelika, 1902-1907; instructed in summer schools at the University of Alabama, 1905-1908. State Normal School in Livingston, business manager and chairman of the faculty 1907-1910; president, 1910-1936. Member of the State Board of Examiners (for the certification of teachers). Awarded the status of president emeritus on his retirement as president in 1936. Howard College, LL. D. , 1921; University of Alabama, LL. D., 1920. Died May 20, 1941.

Source:

Who Was Who in America, Vol. 2.; “Historical Sketches.”

Publication(s):

Historical Sketches; State Teachers College, Livingston, Alabama. Livingston, Ala.; s.n., 1928.