Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017

Wright, Christina

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives

2010-05-18

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Loy Witherspoon was a 80-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place on the campus of UNC Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born in Catawba, North Carolina in 1930. He graduated from Duke University with a BA and a BD degree, and from Boston University with a PhD in the New Testament. He was employed with UNC Charlotte from 1964 to 1994, where he led the Department of Philosophy and Religion, then established and chaired the Department of Religious Studies when it split off from philosophy beginning in 1972.

In this first of seven interviews given by Loy Witherspoon and conducted by Christina Wright, Dr. Witherspoon describes his family history, early life, and education. Topics include how he became an orphan and his positive experience living in The Children's Home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; his college and graduate education at Duke University; friends, mentors, and benefactors, in particular, Virginia and Ross Puette of Charlotte, North Carolina; his experiences living in Egypt where he taught at the American University in Cairo; and his training and background as both a Methodist minister and an educator in religious studies and philosophy.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Original WAV file produced on a Marantz PMD-670 recorder.

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College administrators
Clergy

Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
The Children's Home (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
R.J. Reynolds High School (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Duke University. Divinity School
United Methodist Church (U.S.)
Myers Park United Methodist Church (Charlotte, N.C.)

Methodist Church
Orphans
Orphanages
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Religion--Study and teaching
Clergy

North Carolina--Catawba County
North Carolina--Catawba
North Carolina--Winston-Salem
North Carolina--Charlotte
Egypt--Cairo

Interviews
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1860-2010

Interviews with Loy H. Witherspoon
UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews

UNC Charlotte administration, faculty, and staff

Loy H. Witherspoon papers, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/233)

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