William Tate (academic)

William Tate (academic)

William Tate (September 21, 1903 - September 21, 1980) served as the Dean of Men at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia from 1946 until 1971.

Tate was born in 1903 in Calhoun, Georgia. In 1920 he graduated from the Georgia Military Academy and entered UGA as a freshman, majoring in English and History. While at UGA, he was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity and the Phi Kappa Literary Society. He received his Bachelor of Arts with Honors from UGA in 1924 and subsequently taught English at UGA for the next five years in addition to serving as a debate team coach. He received his Master's Degree from UGA in 1927. Tate eventually left UGA to serve as head of the English Department and track coach at the McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

In 1932 Tate married the granddaughter of Chancellor David Barrow, Susan Frances Barrow, and returned to the University of Georgia as Dean of Freshmen and Assistant Professor in English. Tate later served as Dean of Students and Assistant to the President, before being named Dean of Men in 1946.

In 1961, he oversaw the enrollment of UGA's first African-American students - Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes. He retired from UGA on June 30, 1971. In 1976 Tate published the book "Strolls Around Athens".

The Tate Student Center on the UGA campus was named in honor of Dean Tate.

References

* [http://www.uga.edu/tatesociety/ UGA Tate Society history]
* [http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/archives/uga97-085.html Dean Tate Archives at the UGA Hargrett Rare Books Archive]


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