SPEAKING TO CHOWANIANS — Some of the notion's
out'Standing leaders in business, professional and religious
life are frequent visitors to Chowan's campus, speaking to
students ond faculty. Dr. Claud B. Bowen, president of the
Baptist State Convention of North Carolina who has served
as postor of the state's lorgest church — the First Baptist
Church of Greensboro — for 20 years, is seen addressing
the class of 1968 during grodiration exercises which
brought to a close the college's 120th year.
4 From Chowan Named
Outstanding Men In Nation
PORTRAIT OF A PIONEER — A pair of
presidents surrounds the portrait of pio
neer Chowan College trustee Rev. Robert
Hisop Savage during a recent visit to the
campus by Dr. James Ralph Scales of
Wake Forest University. He is in the of
fice of Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, left, where
this portrait hangs. More than a century
of service to Chowan College is repre
sented in this portrait, a recent contribu
tion to the college by Mrs. W. Eldridge
Smith of Franklin, granddaughter of the
pioneer trustee. Famed artist tiavid Sil-
vette of Richmond, whose paintings appear
in many museums and who has estab
lished a reputation for being among the
outstanding painters of portraits of his
toric persons, painted the portrait for Mrs.
Smith. The pioneer trustee was pastor of
churches in North Carolina and Virginia,
served os a Chowan College trustee for 14
year* and was chairman of the Board of
Trustees for 10 yeors. Because he wos
widely known os a staunch champion ^f
the cause of church->felated college educa
tion, the Rev. Savage was elected chair
man when he first joined the Board of
Trustees in 1879.
MURFREESBORO - A very
unusual college executive and
three professors at Chowan Col
lege are among selections for the
1968 edition of “Outstanding
Young Men of America,” chosen
by a 14-man national board of
editors.
One of the professors is Dr.
B. Frank Lowe Jr., Army Re
serve chaplain and popular
preacher acting as dean and sum
mer school director who teaches
in the college’s religion depart
ment. He and his wife are active
in many civic endeavors, includ
ing teaching literacy classes and
missionary programs designed to
aid needy people in northeastern
North Carolina and Virginia.
Another is Jerry Lee Hawkins,
baseball and football coach who
is also a professor ofpsychology
and winner of a Natioilai Science
Foundation grant to pursue fur
ther graduate studies in psychol
ogy.
Also selected was Dr. James
M. Chamblee, chairman of the
college’s music department, who
has organized and directs several
oratorio societies and orches
tras composed of outstanding
musicians from throughout
northeastern North Carolina and
southeastern Virginia.
The administrator is Harvey
W. Harris, director of college
relations whose services include
responsiblUtles as minister,
reporter and editor. A former
newspaper editor. Baptist pastor
and chaplain to delinquent chil
dren in Louisville, Ky., he is
also a veteran Golden Gloves
fighter whose experience in
cludes 145 bouts and 27 tourna
ment championships.
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