Thomas E. Corts served as President of Wingate University

Wingate University

Wingate University was founded by Baptists in 1896 as Wingate School, an independent, co-educational institution and became a four-year college in 1977. In 1996, Wingate College became Wingate University....

 in North Carolina

North Carolina

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 from 1974 to 1981, and the 17th President of Samford University

Samford University

Samford University, founded as Howard College is a private, coeducational, Alabama Baptist Convention-affiliated university located in Homewood, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It includes the , Cumberland School of Law, McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Brock School of Business, Ida V....

 in Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

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 from 1983 to 2006.

Biography

Thomas E. Corts was born in Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute is a city and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943. The city is the county seat of Vigo County and...

 in 1941. He grew up in Ashtabula, Ohio

Ashtabula, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 20,962 people, 8,435 households, and 5,423 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,775.9 people per square mile . There were 9,151 housing units at an average density of 1,211.8 per square mile...

. He graduated from Georgetown College in Kentucky

Kentucky

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, and received an M.A. and a PhD from Indiana University

Indiana University

Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...

. Under the guidance of his mentor Robert Lee Mills

Robert Lee Mills

Robert Lee Mills was an American educator who was the longest-serving president of Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky....

, then President of Georgetown, he served as Executive Vice President there. From 1974 to 1981, he became President of Wingate University

Wingate University

Wingate University was founded by Baptists in 1896 as Wingate School, an independent, co-educational institution and became a four-year college in 1977. In 1996, Wingate College became Wingate University....

. From 1983 to 2006, he served as President of Samford University.

He served as the President of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

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, the American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities, the National Fellowship of Baptist Educators, the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools, and Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform. He is a member of the Alabama Academy of Honor.

He died in 2009.