WHOLESOME exercise and relaxation aid in making Or. Aneberry a mare challenging persanality. James L. Atteberry, Jr. , was born in Rogersville. Missouri, September 30, 1923. His college education began when he enrolled in Abilene Christian College in 1941 but was interrupted by a term in the U. S. Air Force. He completed the B.A. degree with a major in English at A.C.C. in 1946 and immediately enrolled in the Univer· sity of Texas for graduate study, completing the M.A. degree in 1948. He served as Assistant Professor of English at the I Colorado School of Mines from 1948 to 1953 when he joined the faculty at Harding. He returned to the University of Texas in 1958 to work toward the doctorate holding first a Danforth Faculty Fellowship anrl then a Southern Fellow· ship. Dr. Atteberry received the Ph.D. degree in June, 1961, I with a major in English Renaissance Literature and a minor in philosophy. He returned to Harding in the fall of 1960 and was promoted to chairman of the Department of English in 1963. Dr. Atteberry married his undergraduate sweetheart, Ruth Drum of Forth Worth, Texas, in 1943. The Atteberrys have two children who attend the Harding Academy. With the assistance of hi s wife and children, Dr. Atteberry con· structed their lovely brick house. Learned societies in which Dr. Atteberry holds member· ship are the Modern Language Association, National Council of Teachers of English and Arkansas Council of Teachers of English. Dr. Atteberry serves on several college committees and as a deacon in the college church.
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