Person

Richard A. Ewing

Attended Yale Divinity School, 1931-1932

Richard A. Ewing - Detail from Yale Divinity School class photograph from the Yale University Divinity School Memorabilia Collection (RG 53), Yale Divinity Library

Biography

Born in 1911 in Natchez, Mississippi, Richard Albert Ewing was raised in Nashville. He graduated from Fisk University and earned master's degrees from both Fisk and Columbia University. From 1931-1932, he studied at Yale Divinity School. In 1931, he married Esther Jackson, and together they had six children. Ewing served as pastor of the Howard Congregational Church United Church of Christ in Nashville for 25 years. He was also a distinguished teacher. He taught math at Pearl High School in Nashville and at Tennessee State University. He died suddenly of a heart attack in 1962 while in Los Angeles for a teaching conference. According to his obituary, he was pursuing a PhD at the time of his death. Ewing also organized the first interracial workshop for mathematics teachers in Tennessee.

Full Name

Richard A. Ewing

Family Name

Ewing

Yale Affiliation

Attended Yale Divinity School, 1931-1932

Birth Date

1911

Birth Place

Natchez, Mississippi, United States

Educated At

Yale Divinity School
Fisk University
Columbia University

Employed By

Tennessee State University

Places Lived

Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Natchez, Mississippi, United States

Death Date

1962

Gender

male

Decade(s) at Yale

1930s
Media
Richard A. Ewing - Detail from Yale Divinity School class photograph from the Yale University Divinity School Memorabilia Collection (RG 53), Yale Divinity LibraryRichard A. Ewing - Detail from Yale Divinity School class photograph from the Yale University Divinity School Memorabilia Collection (RG 53), Yale Divinity Library

Publications

"A Study of the Intelligence of the Seniors at Pearl High School." M.A. thesis, Fisk University, 1936.