Archie Reece Dykes
(1967-1971)
Archie Reece Dykes was the third executive administrator of the University
of Tennessee at Matin serving from 1967 to 1971. Dr. Dykes was born on
January 20, 1931 to Claude Reed Dykes and Rose Quillen in Rogersville,
Tennessee. He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees
in education from East Tennessee State University in 1952 and 1956. He
receive his doctorate in education from the University of Tennessee at
Knoxville in 1959.
Dr. Dykes career in education began in 1955 as a principle at Church Hill High School in Marshall County. In 1959, he was hired as the Superintendent of the Greenville City Schools. He was appointed as director of the University of Tennessee Center for Advanced Graduate Studies in Education in 1962. In 1967, he was assigned the chancellorship at the University of Tennessee at Martin to replace the retiring Paul Meek. He would stay only three years before returning to Knoxville in 1971. In 1973, Dr. Dykes would become the Chancellor of the University of Kansas. He would hold that position until 1980 when he became Chief Executive Officer of the Security Benefit Group of Topeka. Since 1988 Dr. Dykes has been serving as the Chairman of Capital City Holdings Incorporated. |