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Dr. Warren Ashby was born in Newport News, Virginia, in 1920. He graduated with a bachelor of arts from Maryville College, Tennessee, in 1939 and earned B.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University in 1949. Following graduation, Ashby joined the faculty of Woman’s College (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) where he taught philosophy until his retirement in 1983. Ashby, who specialized in western ethics, served as head of the Department of Philosophy for twenty years. In 1970 he founded a residential college on the campus, later named Warren Ashby Residential College at Mary Foust in his honor. He was the recipient of the UNCG Alumni Teaching Excellence Award in 1967. His book, Frank Porter Graham: a Southern Liberal, was published in 1980 after more than twenty years of research.

In addition to his scholarly pursuits, Ashby participated in efforts to improve race relations in Greensboro. In 1955, Ashby wrote a letter to the editor of the Greensboro Daily News encouraging integrated public education, and he served on a number of local committees, including the Greensboro Human Relations Commission. From 1964 to 1966, Ashby served as the Associate Director of the international affairs division of the American Friends Service Committee in Delhi, India. He is a recipient of the February One Society Award and has a lecture series named in his honor at UNCG. He passed away on October 3, 1985.

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Finding Aid for the Warren Ashby Papers The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro VOICES Oral History

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-'''Dr. Warren Ashby''' was a professor of religious studies at [[The University of North Carolina at Greensboro]] from 1949 until his death in 1985. His book, ''Frank Porter Graham: a Southern Liberal'', was published in 1980 after more than twenty years of research. He founded a residential college at UNCG in 1970. The college was named [[Warren Ashby Residential College at Mary Foust]] in his honor, in September of 2007.
+'''Dr. Warren Ashby''' was born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], in 1920. He graduated with a bachelor of arts from [[Maryville College]], Tennessee, in 1939 and earned B.D. and Ph.D. degrees from [[Yale University]] in 1949. Following graduation, Ashby joined the faculty of Woman’s College (now [[The University of North Carolina at Greensboro]]) where he taught philosophy until his retirement in 1983. Ashby, who specialized in western ethics, served as head of the Department of Philosophy for twenty years. In 1970 he founded a residential college on the campus, later named [[Warren Ashby Residential College at Mary Foust]] in his honor. He was the recipient of the UNCG Alumni Teaching Excellence Award in 1967. His book, ''[[Frank Porter Graham]]: a Southern Liberal'', was published in 1980 after more than twenty years of research.
+In addition to his scholarly pursuits, Ashby participated in efforts to improve race relations in Greensboro. In 1955, Ashby wrote a letter to the editor of the ''Greensboro Daily News'' encouraging integrated public education, and he served on a number of local committees, including the Greensboro Human Relations Commission. From 1964 to 1966, Ashby served as the Associate Director of the international affairs division of the [[American Friends Service Committee]] in [[Delhi, India]]. He is a recipient of the February One Society Award and has a lecture series named in his honor at UNCG. He passed away on October 3, 1985.
-'''[[Frank Porter Graham]]''' (1886-1972) was president of [[The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] from 1930 until 1949. He resigned this position when Governor [[W. Kerr Scott]] appointed him to the US Senate to complete the unexpired term of the deceased Senator [[Joseph Melville Broughton]]. Graham lost his bid for election to his own seat in the Senate in 1950 and spent the next nineteen years as a United Nations mediator. He died in 1972 in Chapel Hill.
 ==References==
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 [http://library.uncg.edu/depts/archives/mss/html/Mss052.htm Finding Aid for the Warren Ashby Papers]
 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
+[http://library.uncg.edu/depts/archives/civrights/index.asp Greensboro VOICES Oral History]