William T. Thompson Certificates
Collection
Identifier: DC0345s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Thompson's Delta Phi Alpha (honorary German fraternity) and Athletic Association certificates. His freshman beanie is in the Artifact Collection and photographs of Kappa Sigma and the 60th reunion of the class of 1934 are in the photograph collection.
Dates
- 1932 - 1934
Biographical / Historical
William "Tee" Taliaferro Thompson graduated in the Davidson class of 1934. He went on to medical school and after being on the staff of St. Luke's Hospital and the McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital in Richmond, VA, joined the Medical College of Virginia. He served as chair of the Department of Medicine from 1959-1973. He followed his father onto Davidson College Board of Trustees serving from 1966 to 1973. While at Davidson,Thompson was an editor of the Wildcat Handbook, president of the Honorary Fraternity Council, a member of the student honor council, earned letters in football and tennis, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Happa and a member of Kappa Sigma social fraternity.
Extent
1 folders (1 file)
Language
English
Physical Location
A4.1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2012-073
Processing Information
Processed on Jul-14
- Title
- William T. Thompson Certificates
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections Repository