Dr. William H. Martin attended public schools in Pasadena, California. An alumnus of Wilberforce University, he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Ohio State University. He began his professional career in 1933 as professor of education at Shorter College, North Little Rock, Arkansas.
Dr. Raphael O'Hara Lanier, the son of James S. and Carrier Lee (Bethel) Lanier, was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, April 28, 1900. He received his A.B. degree (cum laude) from Lincoln University in 1922, his A.M.