Kincaid, Randall, Jr., 1940-2023

Person

Staff Only

Biography

Randall Kincaid was born in Quincy, Florida on March 11, 1940. After graduating first in his class from Quincy High School, he attended Wofford College. He earned an MA and PhD in economics at Duke University, where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and an Earnhart Fellow. He moved to Davidson in 1967. He taught economics at Davidson College and Queens University and was instrumental in the launch of the Queens Executive MBA program. For eighteen years, he was an elected commissioner of the Town of Davidson. From 1997 until his retirement in 2007, he was mayor of the Town, spearheading initiatives on affordable housing and smart growth. Dr. Kincaid passed away on March 11, 2023 in Davidson, North Carolina.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Common Ground Records

Collection

Identifier: DC056

Scope and Contents Series Description: The collection consists of minutes of both public meetings and the Executive Council, as well as the Community Relations Task Force. Also included are agendas, correspondence, and email correspondence. Additionally, the collection includes records from the Mediation Committee, SWAT, Committee for Affordable Housing, and the Drug and Alcohol Committee, publicity files, news clippings, copies of an annotated bibliography on race relations prepared by Heather Baker, Jim...

Dates: 1995 - 2003

Found in: Manuscript Collections

Interview with Alexander J. McKelway '54, 1989 January 30

Item — Audiocassette box 4: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03, Cassette case: Audio 61

Identifier: OHI-0110

Scope and Contents

Interview of Dr. Alexander J. McKelway by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. McKelway describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. McKelway discusses student-faculty relations, activism, the fraternity issue, civil rights, Spencer’s presidency, faculty oaths, conscientious objectors, and compulsory ROTC.

Dates: 1989 January 30

Found in: Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) / Oral history interviews of the Vietnam Era at Davidson College project