Marvin Banks Perry Jr.

Marvin Banks Perry Jr. (September 29, 1918 – December 12, 1994) was an American academic and college administrator who served as president of Goucher College and Agnes Scott College. He also was a professor of English at Washington and Lee University and at the University of Virginia.[1]

Marvin Banks Perry Jr.
4th President of Agnes Scott College
In office
1973–1982
Preceded byWallace McPherson Alston
Succeeded byRuth A. Schmidt
7th President of Goucher College
In office
1967–1973
Preceded byOtto Frederick Kraushaar
Succeeded byRhoda Dorsey
Personal details
BornSeptember 29, 1918
Powhatan, Virginia
DiedDecember 12, 1994(1994-12-12) (aged 76)
Charlottesville, Virginia
Children2
EducationUniversity of Virginia (A.B.)
Harvard University (A.M., Ph.D.)
Profession

Early life and education

Perry was born on September 29, 1918, in Powhatan, Virginia, to Marvin Banks and Elizabeth Gray Perry.[2] He attended the University of Virginia, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1940. Perry went on to attend Harvard University, from which he graduated with a master's in 1941 and a doctorate in 1950.[1] Perry's dissertation was titled Keats and the Poets, 1815-1848: Studies in his Early Vogue as Reflected in the Verse Tributes and Allusions of His Contemporaries,[3] and his doctoral advisor was Hyder Edward Rollins.[4]

Career

During his studies at Harvard, Perry served as a graduate instructor in English. After earning his doctorate, Perry returned to his alma mater, the University of Virginia, as a professor in English. He simultaneously taught at Washington and Lee University, where he eventually rose to the position of department chair in English. In 1952, he established the Elizabeth Gray and Marvin Banks Perry Memorial Fund at Washington and Lee.[2]

In 1967, Perry was appointed to serve as president of Goucher College.[1] His inauguration took place on May 3, 1968.[5] He held this position for six years. In 1973, he resigned from Goucher to serve as president of Agnes Scott College, a position he held until his retirement in 1982.[1][6]

Later years

Perry died of cancer on December 12, 1994, at the age of 76. At the time of his death, he was residing at the Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge Retirement Home in Charlottesville, Virginia.[7] He was survived by his wife, Ellen, and his children, Elizabeth and Margaret.[1]

Bibliography
  • Musser, Frederic O. The History of Goucher College, 1930–1985. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990.

References
  1. Bliss, DeWitt. "Marvin B. Perry Jr., ex-Goucher president". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. "Perry – The Washington and Lee University Library". library.wlu.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. Perry Jr., Marvin Banks (1950). "Keats and the Poets, 1815-1848: Studies in his Early Vogue as Reflected in the Verse Tributes and Allusions of His Contemporaries". Retrieved 2018-09-14 – via ProQuest.
  4. Baker, Herschel Clay (1960). Hyder Edward Rollins: A Bibliography. Harvard University Press. p. 39. ISBN 9780674430013.
  5. Report of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences. 1972. p. 198.
  6. Musser, Frederic O. (1990). The history of Goucher College, 1930-1985. Goucher College. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 149–194.
  7. Foston, Mariolyn Price (1994-12-15). "Obituaries: Marvin Banks Perry Jr., 76, former president of Agnes Scott College". The Atlanta Constitution. Retrieved 2018-09-14 – via ProQuest.
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