In 1946, he returned to Baylor to teach Law, and became Dean of the Law School in 1948.[1][2][3] In 1959, he became executive vice-president of Baylor.[1][3] From 1961 to 1981, he served as president of Baylor.[1][2][3] During his presidency, he upheld the traditional Baptist views on dancing, card playing, alcohol, and women wearing slacks, despite the social upheaval of the 1960s. He also threatened to expel any student that posed for Playboy Magazine in 1980 when the magazine published the "Girls of the Southwest Conference" edition.[2] From 1981 to 1985, he was its chancellor.[1][2][3] He was, however, a strong supporter of academic freedom and defended the teaching of evolution.
MacCall "was only three when his father died. Later, when his mother became too ill to support her four children, they were placed in a Masonic home".[5] Then, he was initiated to the Scottish Rite Freemasonry, where he was elevated to the 33rd and highest degree, and later decoration with the Grand Cross.[6][7]
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abner, vernon, mccall, june, 1915, june, 1995, justice, supreme, court, texas, 1956, dean, baylor, school, from, 1948, 1959, tenth, president, baylor, university, from, 1961, 1981, biography, editmccall, born, june, 1915, perrin, texas, after, father, death, m. Abner Vernon McCall June 8 1915 June 11 1995 was a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas in 1956 Dean of Baylor Law School from 1948 to 1959 and the tenth president of Baylor University from 1961 to 1981 1 2 3 Biography editMcCall was born June 8 1915 in Perrin Texas 1 2 After his father s death and his mother s failing health he was sent to the Masonic School and Home in Fort Worth 1 3 He gained a scholarship to attend Baylor University and graduated in law in 1938 1 2 3 From 1938 to 1942 he was an assistant professor at Baylor 1 3 In 1943 he received an LL M from the University of Michigan 1 3 4 From 1943 to 1945 he served in the Federal Bureau of Investigation 1 2 3 In 1946 he returned to Baylor to teach Law and became Dean of the Law School in 1948 1 2 3 In 1959 he became executive vice president of Baylor 1 3 From 1961 to 1981 he served as president of Baylor 1 2 3 During his presidency he upheld the traditional Baptist views on dancing card playing alcohol and women wearing slacks despite the social upheaval of the 1960s He also threatened to expel any student that posed for Playboy Magazine in 1980 when the magazine published the Girls of the Southwest Conference edition 2 From 1981 to 1985 he was its chancellor 1 2 3 He was however a strong supporter of academic freedom and defended the teaching of evolution He was appointed a Texas Supreme Court Justice in June 1956 by Governor Allan Shivers 1 He was also a past president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas 2 MacCall was only three when his father died Later when his mother became too ill to support her four children they were placed in a Masonic home 5 Then he was initiated to the Scottish Rite Freemasonry where he was elevated to the 33rd and highest degree and later decoration with the Grand Cross 6 7 References edit a b c d e f g h i j k l Abner Vernon McCall 1915 1995 University of Texas Tarlton Law Library a b c d e f g h i Abner V McCall 80 Educator Who Led in Expansion of Baylor Published 1995 The New York Times 13 June 1995 Archived from the original on 2021 11 28 a b c d e f g h i j The Philosophical Society of Texas biography University of Michigan David R Wilkerson Claire Cox 1967 Parents on trial why kids go wrong or right Hawthorn Books p 174 OCLC 712534 Retrieved October 13 2018 via Internet Archive Abner Vernon McCall freemasonry Celebrating more than 100 years of the Freemasonry famous Freemasons in the history Mathawan Lodge No 192 F A amp A M New Jersey Archived from the original on May 10 2008 Famous Master Masons mastermason com Archived from the original on September 30 2018 Retrieved September 30 2018 Political officesPreceded byWill Wilson Justice of the Texas Supreme Court1956 1956 Succeeded byJames R Norvell Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abner Vernon McCall amp oldid 1169224556, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
