James F. Ruffin, Jr. was born three months after his father passed away from complications of influenza which struck the country so hard in 1918. Ruffin never married. He died as a result of pancreatic cancer. He kept close ties with his family and especially with the family of his uncle, David White Ruffin, Jr. who married his mother's sister.
James became an accomplished interior designer and the owner of Ruffin Interiors in Memphis, Tennessee. Following his death, his will gave $1 million to Rhodes College in Memphis to fund the "James F. Ruffin Professorship of Art."
"Ruffin began an association with Rhodes during the mid-1970s when he consulted on interior design for the former president's home in Hein Park. He also guided interior design of the president's home in Morningside Park after its purchase in 1992. Ruffin left his mark all around the Rhodes campus, as well as in Memphis office buildings and residences. His artistic touch is evident in the president's offices and in many of the college's public areas, including the admissions and reception areas, the Hill Board Room in Palmer Hall, the Davis Room in the refectory and the Gooch Conference Room in the president's office in Halliburton Tower." ( Information gathered from the RHODES Newsletter, Fall 2000, p. 3.)
James became an accomplished interior designer and the owner of Ruffin Interiors in Memphis, Tennessee. Following his death, his will gave $1 million to Rhodes College in Memphis to fund the "James F. Ruffin Professorship of Art."
"Ruffin began an association with Rhodes during the mid-1970s when he consulted on interior design for the former president's home in Hein Park. He also guided interior design of the president's home in Morningside Park after its purchase in 1992. Ruffin left his mark all around the Rhodes campus, as well as in Memphis office buildings and residences. His artistic touch is evident in the president's offices and in many of the college's public areas, including the admissions and reception areas, the Hill Board Room in Palmer Hall, the Davis Room in the refectory and the Gooch Conference Room in the president's office in Halliburton Tower." ( Information gathered from the RHODES Newsletter, Fall 2000, p. 3.)
James F. Ruffin, Jr. was born three months after his father passed away from complications of influenza which struck the country so hard in 1918. Ruffin never married. He died as a result of pancreatic cancer. He kept close ties with his family and especially with the family of his uncle, David White Ruffin, Jr. who married his mother's sister.
James became an accomplished interior designer and the owner of Ruffin Interiors in Memphis, Tennessee. Following his death, his will gave $1 million to Rhodes College in Memphis to fund the "James F. Ruffin Professorship of Art."
"Ruffin began an association with Rhodes during the mid-1970s when he consulted on interior design for the former president's home in Hein Park. He also guided interior design of the president's home in Morningside Park after its purchase in 1992. Ruffin left his mark all around the Rhodes campus, as well as in Memphis office buildings and residences. His artistic touch is evident in the president's offices and in many of the college's public areas, including the admissions and reception areas, the Hill Board Room in Palmer Hall, the Davis Room in the refectory and the Gooch Conference Room in the president's office in Halliburton Tower." ( Information gathered from the RHODES Newsletter, Fall 2000, p. 3.)
James became an accomplished interior designer and the owner of Ruffin Interiors in Memphis, Tennessee. Following his death, his will gave $1 million to Rhodes College in Memphis to fund the "James F. Ruffin Professorship of Art."
"Ruffin began an association with Rhodes during the mid-1970s when he consulted on interior design for the former president's home in Hein Park. He also guided interior design of the president's home in Morningside Park after its purchase in 1992. Ruffin left his mark all around the Rhodes campus, as well as in Memphis office buildings and residences. His artistic touch is evident in the president's offices and in many of the college's public areas, including the admissions and reception areas, the Hill Board Room in Palmer Hall, the Davis Room in the refectory and the Gooch Conference Room in the president's office in Halliburton Tower." ( Information gathered from the RHODES Newsletter, Fall 2000, p. 3.)
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