William Augustus Bell

William Augustus Bell (1882–1961) was an American businessman, educator, academic administrator, and university president. He served two terms as president of Miles College, a private historically black college in Fairfield, Alabama.

Early life and education William Augustus Bell was born on February 16, 1882, in Elbert County, Georgia, to parents Mary J. (née Thompson) and Luther H.A. Bell.

Bell attended Paine College (high school degree 1901, A.B. degree 1906) in Augusta, Georgia; and Columbia University in New York City. In 1913, he married Helen Matile Caffey from Charleston, South Carolina, and together they had three children. In 1919 he became secretary of the Interchurch World Movement.