Willis Jefferson King

Willis Jefferson King (October 1, 1886 – 1976) was an African-American Methodist bishop, college professor and author. He was a professor at Gammon Theological Seminary.

Education and career King attended Wiley College, Boston University School of Theology, and Harvard University, and received his Ph.D. in sociology from Boston University in 1921 . He was selected as the black students' representative at the World's Student and Christian Federation in Peking, China, and as a Fellow of the Julius Rosenwald Fund for Research at Oxford University. He served as Professor of Old Testament Literature at Gammon Theological Seminary (1918–1930), president of Samuel Huston College (1930–1932), and president of Gammon Theological Seminary (1932–1944). Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library