Dr. William C. Doub-Kerr attended Davidson College in 1911-1913. He transferred to the University of North Carolina and was graduated in 1915. He became a professor of Languages at the University of California and Glendale College. Doub-Kerr established the Willa Cather Creative Writing Award and the Woodrow Wilson Creative Research Award at Davidson College for members of Sigma Upsilon. He co-founded the Blue Pencil Chapter of Sigma Upsilon with Frank Price in 1915. Funding for the awards ceased in 1958.