[1] Clemson United Methodist Church, Clemson, SC.
Wife: Sarah Shirley Lander (d., two daughters)
Daughter: Caroline Jones Lander
Daughter: Elizabeth Lander Purcell
University: AB, Wofford College (1937)
University: MA, University of North Carolina (1939)
University: PhD, University of North Carolina (1950)
Professor: Clemson University (1941-81)
Organization of American Historians
Phi Beta Kappa Society
South Carolina Historical Society
Southern Historical Association
Author of books:
A History of South Carolina, 1865-1960 (1960, history)
The Textile Industry in Antebellum South Carolina (1969, economics)
Reluctant Imperialists: Calhoun, the South Carolinians, and the Mexican War (1980, history)