Medford Bryan Evans
| Medford Bryan Evans | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 21, 1907 Lufkin, Angelina County Texas, USA |
| Died | February 4, 1989 (aged 81) Hamilton, Loudoun County Virginia, USA |
| Resting place | Lakeview Cemetery in Hamilton, Virginia |
| Residence | Jackson, Mississippi |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
| Occupation | Professor; Conservative political activist |
| Spouse(s) | Josephine Stanton Evans (1908-2005) |
| Children | M. Stanton Evans |
| Parent(s) | Lysander Lee Evans and Bird Medford Evans |
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Medford Bryan Evans (August 21, 1907 – February 4, 1989) was a college professor, author, editor, and critic of liberalism in American politics, education, and society. He was the father of the columnist M. Stanton Evans.
Evans was born in Lufkin in Angelina County in East Texas, the son of Lysander Lee Evans and the former Bird Medford. He graduated magna cum laude in 1927 from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and in 1933 received a Ph.D. from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He taught at the University of Mississippi at Oxford, Mississippi (1928–1933), the Texas College of Arts and Industries—now known as Texas A&M University–Kingsville—(1933–1934), the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1934–1942), the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee (1943–1944), McMurry College in Abilene (as dean), Texas — now known as McMurry University— (1953–1954) and Northwestern State College in , Louisiana,—now Northwestern State University—in 1955-1959.
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