category: Faculty Emeriti - In Memory Of Wallace Reid Carpenter By Office of University Communications On August 25, 2022 Professor Emeritus of Management Information Systems Wallace Reid Carpenter Wallace R. Carpenter (1926-2008), the son of Cletus Carl and Nellie Bridges Carpenter, was born in Shelby, N.C., and grew up in Cleveland County. He had three brothers and one sister. He was a 1947 graduate of Shelby High School. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in history and physical education from Appalachian State Teachers College (now Appalachian State University). He later earned the master’s degree in history and political science from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and received the Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) degree from Western Carolina University. He studied business at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He also took graduate courses at UNC-Greensboro and UNC-Chapel Hill, taking an interest in computers. He played minor league baseball in his younger days. He coached and taught social studies for 11 years at Rutherford-Spindale (R-S Central) High School. At one time he taught courses in the business school at Wake Forest College (now Wake Forest University). After coming to Gardner-Webb in the School of Business, he helped with the development of courses in all fields, especially with the computer courses. Wallace had been in the computer world for 35 years. He was elected to “Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.” Having a major interest in history, Carpenter enjoyed travel and made numerous trips, including visiting the Holy Land with Dr. Van Murrell, visiting Russia with Dr. Gil Blackburn, visiting Europe with Dr. Eugene Poston and Dr. Tom McGraw, visiting Asia with Keith Griggs, and visiting New York with Dr. Barry Hambright at least 30 times. Source: Personal Interview– Doris Banner – James Heffner – Revised in May 2022
Post Garland Allen Professor Emeritus of History Dr. Garland Allen (1922-2014) was born in Tuckerman, Ark., as the middle child to Roy and Evelyn Rich Allen. His parents only had the opportunity to receive an eighth-grade formal education. Roy Allen was a self-taught farmer and veterinarian by profession. He researched and studied through numerous books of animal science […] Gardner-Webb University | August 25, 2022
Post Sheryl “Sheri” Ann Dawson Adams Professor Emerita of Theology and Church History Dr. Sheryl “Sheri” Ann Dawson Adams was born July 2, 1947, in Baton Rouge, La., but grew up in her father’s hometown of Jackson, La. It was a small town, where she and her three brothers would play outside, and Sheri spent many hours with her friends riding […] Gardner-Webb University | August 25, 2022
Post Susan Carlisle Bell Professor Emerita of Art Susan Carlisle Bell (1951- ) was the third child born to Elizabeth and Thomas Jones on Aug. 18, 1951, in Wytheville, Va. She loved the outdoors, nature and farm life. Bell and her sisters grew up riding horses and cleaning out stalls at one of her father’s farms. He even raised […] Office of University Communications | August 25, 2022
