University President
Philip Grant Davidson Jr., 98, who as president of the University of Louisville from 1951 to 1967 was credited with integrating the school, died Oct. 13 at his home in Nashville. The cause of death was not reported.
Shortly after he became president, the university became the first historically white Southern university to have a black faculty member, according to a newly published history of the school. The university also enrolled its first black students that year. During Dr. Davidson's tenure, the university more than tripled its annual budget and began its first doctoral programs.
Dr. Davidson, who was born in Omaha, was graduate school dean and provost of Vanderbilt University in Nashville before moving to Louisville.
Contributor: Betty Kellems Cowart (47614592) •
Philip Grant Davidson Jr., 98, who as president of the University of Louisville from 1951 to 1967 was credited with integrating the school, died Oct. 13 at his home in Nashville. The cause of death was not reported.
Shortly after he became president, the university became the first historically white Southern university to have a black faculty member, according to a newly published history of the school. The university also enrolled its first black students that year. During Dr. Davidson's tenure, the university more than tripled its annual budget and began its first doctoral programs.
Dr. Davidson, who was born in Omaha, was graduate school dean and provost of Vanderbilt University in Nashville before moving to Louisville.
Contributor: Betty Kellems Cowart (47614592) •
University President
Philip Grant Davidson Jr., 98, who as president of the University of Louisville from 1951 to 1967 was credited with integrating the school, died Oct. 13 at his home in Nashville. The cause of death was not reported.
Shortly after he became president, the university became the first historically white Southern university to have a black faculty member, according to a newly published history of the school. The university also enrolled its first black students that year. During Dr. Davidson's tenure, the university more than tripled its annual budget and began its first doctoral programs.
Dr. Davidson, who was born in Omaha, was graduate school dean and provost of Vanderbilt University in Nashville before moving to Louisville.
Contributor: Betty Kellems Cowart (47614592) •
Philip Grant Davidson Jr., 98, who as president of the University of Louisville from 1951 to 1967 was credited with integrating the school, died Oct. 13 at his home in Nashville. The cause of death was not reported.
Shortly after he became president, the university became the first historically white Southern university to have a black faculty member, according to a newly published history of the school. The university also enrolled its first black students that year. During Dr. Davidson's tenure, the university more than tripled its annual budget and began its first doctoral programs.
Dr. Davidson, who was born in Omaha, was graduate school dean and provost of Vanderbilt University in Nashville before moving to Louisville.
Contributor: Betty Kellems Cowart (47614592) •
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