Griffin Speaks
DR. ABRAHAM DAVIS
A
few months ago I received a call from Morehouse
College’s most distinguished professor, the legendary Dr. Abraham Davis.
He is the Chairman of the Morehouse College Political Science Department,
Author and Constitutional Scholar. He called to inform me that he was
nominating me to be inducted into the prestigious honor society Phi Beta
Kappa.
For
well over two centuries election to Phi Beta Kappa has been a recognition of
intellectual esteem, particularly in the acquiring of an education in the
liberal arts and sciences. To be nominated is an honor that words can hardly
describe. To be nominated by the legendary Dr. Abraham Davis is beyond
belief.
Dr.
Abraham Davis has steered over 425 of his Morehouse students into the field
of law, with many entering some of the most prestigious law schools in the
world. He counts among his many successful students, two current college
presidents, seventeen judges, sixteen PH.D. recipients, two ambassadors, one
United States Congressman and countless others. Dr. Davis has authored
numerous books that are currently used in over 25 colleges and universities,
and has won numerous accolades for his distinguished career in academia.
When asked in a campus news article about what influenced his decision to
continue his tenure as a professor at Morehouse College after so long, Dr.
Davis says, “I have seen the
difference I have been able to make in some of the lives of my students.
This is the chief reason I have decided to remain at Morehouse!” He
clearly made a difference in my life and I will always be grateful to him
for the sharing of his wisdom and knowledge.
Some
of the notable members of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society are: President George
Bush (Yale 1947), Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole (Duke 1965), Chief
Justice of The Supreme Court William Rehnquist (Stanford 1948) Judge Harry
Blackmun (Harvard 1929), Jonas Salk (City College of New York 1929), Henry
Kissenger (Harvard 1950), Tom Brokaw (South Dakota 1983), Daniel Webster
(Dartmouth 1801), Booker T. Washington (Harvard 1904) Helen Keller (Radcliffe
1904), Nelson Rockefeller (Dartmouth 1930) and Eli Whitney (Yale 1792).
Dr.
Dorothy Cowser Yancy, the first female President of Johnson C. Smith
University was selected over me. I suppose she was considered by the
selection committee to have more scholarly publications. Obviously the
selection committee had not read my weekly column in the Montgomery-Tuskegee
Times. Well if I ever get nominated again I’ll be sure to submit all of my
scholarly articles. Until next week, you all have a blessed week!
Greg
Griffin is a free lance writer. You can read his previous scholarly articles
by logging on to his web page at www.greggriffin.com
