Ira David Pinson (1892–1939) was the son of a Baptist reverend and church leader, who became a professor of languages and philosophy, completing a Bachelor of Divinity at Yale University in 1920. From 1915 he was a member of the teaching faculty of Morris College, becoming its third president in 1930 as it struggled to survive the Great Depression. Within two years, he strengthened and steered the college to expansion. Pinson died in a car accident in 1939, at the age of 46. Pinson had married Bessie Alma Buckner in 1921. They had four sons, one of whom died with his father.
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3 October 1892 Pendleton, South Carolina, US
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Died |
21 July 1939 (aged 46) South Hill, Virginia, US
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Zodiac | Libra |
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