The Reverend Brother Telly H. Miller Receives Doctorate Degree from Vanderbilt
and New Position at Wiley College During the 1973, Spring Commencement Exercise of Vanderbilt University of Nashville, Tennessee, the Doctor of Ministry Degree was conferred upon the Reverend Brother Telly H. Miller. He was one of seventeen hundred who received degrees from the University. The Reverend Brother Miller, served as College Pastor and Instructor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas for four and one-half years and was granted a sabbatical by the College to complete his doctorate after he was awarded the Underwood Fellowship by the Danforth Foundation. Brother Dr. Miller was one of twenty-two to be selected for the fellowship from more than one hundred applicants. Brother Miller will return to Wiley College in the fall, 1973, as Vice President for Student Affairs. In addition to the doctorate degree, Brother Miller holds the Master of Divinity Degree from the Morehouse School of Religion of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia; the Bachelor of Arts Degree from Wiley College, Marshall, Texas; and has done additional study in Black Studies at Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois. Brother Miller was named to Who's Who in the South and Southwest in 1971, and is affiliated with the following organizations: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Gamma Upsilon Lambda Chapter), Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity, Inc., AAUP (American Association of University Professors), Morgan Lodge No. 10 of St. Albans, West Virginia (M. W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of West Virginia F. & A. M., Inc.), NAACP, FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes), and a sustaining member of the Boy Scouts of America (East Texas Area Council). Brother Miller is married to the former Miss Glory D. Bennett and they have one daughter, Alanna Camille. His wife and daughter were great support to him as he completed his doctoral studies. 64
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Green (Continued from page 37) His academic preparation greatly enhanced his performance as teacher, assistant principal and principal in the Troup County School System whose tenure of service in the system began August, 1953. The social and religious affiliations include: The United Civic League, former member of the Board of Directors for LaGrange Home for the Aged and Maidee Smith Nursery, and is presently serving on the Board for the LaGrange Shelter Workshop. He is treasurer of the Mount Pleasant Community Center, secretary and chairman of the Trustee Board for McGhee Chapel A.M.E. Church and represented his church at the General Conference in Dallas, Texas in lune, 1972. He has been recipient of several awards, namely: the Golden Anniversary Award in 1960 for Boy Scouts of America, the Golden Anniversary Award by the Department of Elementary Principals, Georgia Teachers and Education Asso-
Board of Education Names New Principal HOGANSVILLE — The Hogansville City Board of Education has elected Charles R. Willoughby to serve as Principal of the Hogansville lunior High School, according to H. L. Dixon, Superintendent. Brother Willaughby, age 48, is a native of LaGrange and received his public education in the LaGrange City Schools. He received his AB degree in Business Education from Clark College and his MA degree in Elementary Education from West Georgia College. Brother Willoughby has taught school for 21 years in the LaGrange City Schools. He is a member of the Fannin Street First Baptist Church where he serves as Chairman of the Board of Deacons. Also he presently serves as President of the Theta Lambda Chapter. He is Treasurer of the Negro Old Folk Home, LaGrange, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the LaGrange Sheltered Workshop Training Center. He is presently a member of the Troup County Community Action Advisory committee, and has served as Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of Community Action for Improvement, Inc.
ciation in 1968, Special Certificate for services to Georgia Association of Elementary School Principals in 1973. He is listed in the 1969 edition of Personalities of the South, and received the 1973 "Outstanding Citizen of the Year Award" from Theta Nu Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. While attending Morris Brown College, Brother Green served as vice president of the Pan-Hellenic Council, President of Iota Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, superintendent of the Sunday School and business manager of the Wolverine Observer. Greene is married to a talented local artist, Annie Lucille Tarver. They have two children, Zinta, a student at LaGrange High School, and Oliver, Jr., a student at LaGrange Boys Junior High School. The Sphinx / October 1973