Alfred Benjamin Butts

Alfred Benjamin Butts (1890 – 1962) was an American political scientist and university administrator. He served as the chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1935 to 1946.^[1][2]

Early life

Alfred Benjamin Butts was born in 1890 in Durham, North Carolina.^[1][2] In 1911, he received a B.S. degree from Mississippi A&M College, now known as Mississippi State University, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1920.^[1][2] He received a law degree from Yale Law School in 1930.^[1][2]

Career

From 1911 to 1935, he taught at Mississippi A&M.^[2] He served as chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1935 to 1946.^[1][2] He served as the president of the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) in 1938.^[3]

Death

He died in 1962.^[2]

Bibliography

• Public administration in Mississippi (1919)