Theodore Henley Jack Explained

Theodore Henley Jack (December 30, 1881 - September 20, 1964) was a professor, college administrator, and author. Jack began college at Southern University in Greensboro, Alabama, but he then went to the University of Alabama, where he earned a bachelor’s degree (1902) and a master’s degree (1903).^[1] After earning a PhD from the University of Chicago in 1915, he briefly taught at Southern University. However, he quickly left there for a history position at Emory University in 1916, where he also served as dean of the graduate school, dean of the college of liberal arts, and vice president of the university. He left Emory to serve as president of Randolph-Macon Woman’s College from 1933 to 1952.^[2]

Emory University has a collection of his papers.^[3] The Los Angeles Public Library has his bookplate.^[4]

He married Alice Searcy Ashley. Mary Spencer Jack Craddock (December 12, 1912 - September 2, 2014) was one of their two daughters.^[5]

Writings

• Sectionalism and Party Politics in Alabama (1816-1842), George Banta Pub. Co., Menasha, Wisconsin 1919^[6]
• The Story of America for Young Americans Part 1 by Smith Burnham and Theodore Henley Jack 1932
• America Our Country by Smith Burnham and Theodore Henley Jack 1934

Further reading

• Theodore Henley Jack : a portrait by Roberta D. Cornelius^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Theodore H. Jack Papers . Emory University Libraries . 15 July 2024.
2. Web site: Alabama Authors » Blog Archive » JACK, THEODORE HENLEY, 1881-1964.
3. Web site: ArchivesSpace Public Interface | ArchivesSpace Public Interface .
4. Web site: Theodore Henley Jack. Calisphere.
5. Web site: Remembering Mary Spencer Jack Craddock. tharpfuneralhome.com.
6. Web site: Jack, Theodore Henley | The Online Books Page. onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
7. Book: Theodore Henley Jack: a portrait. June 21, 1961. Randolph-Macon Woman's College. 6598585 . Open WorldCat.