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Burwell T Harvey

Burwell T Harvey is known as an acclaimed Chemistry and Physics professor and Hall of Fame recognized coach that began his work at Morehouse College in 1916. Coach Harvey also became the chairman of the department of chemistry, director of engineering , science management and war, founder and editor of Morehouse journal of science, author of Benchtalk Heard, and co founder of the southern intercollegiate athletic conference. B.T Harvey was an esteemed man not only at Morehouse College, but in athletics in general.

Burwell T Harvey
Burwell T Harvey, basketball coach at Morehouse College. 1928-1929
Born	(1892-07-18)July 18, 1892 Griffin, Georgia, U.S.
Died	(1971-10-15)October 15, 1971 Georgia Baptist Hospital, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Professor, Coach, Author
Spouse(s)	Ethel Mae Wynn Harvey
Children	Ethel Towns Harvey Emma Jeanette Harvey Sadie Elizabeth Harvey

Education

Burwell Harvey received his B.S. at Colgate University in 1916. In 1927 Harvey received his A.M. at Columbia University on a General Education Board Scholarship. Six years following he obtained his PhD at Columbia while also completing his residence work and starting his doctorate research.

Academic Appointments

Dr. Harvey is documented as a professor of chemistry and physics at Morehouse College from 1916-1934. During that time in 1928 Dr. Harvey founded the Morehouse Journal of Science. In 1934 he was given the title of Chemistry Department Chair. Following that, in 1940 Harvey spent a summer at Alabama State working as the director of a science workshop in the Department of Education. Furthermore from 1942-1945 he was the director of engineering, science and war management.

Membership in professional societies

·Sigma Xi

·New York Academy of Sciences

·American Association of University Professors

·American Advancement of Science

·American Electrochemical Society

·American Chemical Society

Benchtalk Heard

Benchtalk Heard was Harvey's college sports article/magazine. Harvey started with covering college sports in the south then eventually branched out to colleges all across the country once the public took notice of the article. It included college team statistics, game schedules, and reviews.

• "Baseball, basketball, football, tennis, track, soccer, swimming and all other competitive sports, whatever the sport, there is always a bench, a bench where talk is heard, advice, criticism, exhoration, pleading, sympathy, and sometimes denunciation." (Slogan for Benchtalk Heard)

The earliest known draft for the article was from 1967.

Draft July 6 1968: "Hank Aaron reached two career milestones last week, Aaron rocked a 494 homerun past Lou Gehig to eighth place on the All Time List, he also tripled, driving in 158 to the run and moved past Roger Hornsby to tenth place on the All Time List" (Harvey, 1968)

Athletic and personal accomplishments

Dr. Harvey is recognized as one of the best coaches in African American sports to date. By the end of his career his football teams had won 59 games, lost 24, and tied 6, they also won 3 conference championships. His baseball teams had a combined 112 game wins, 45 losses, and 3 ties and won 4 conference championships (tying twice for the title). His basketball record however is beyond impressive. Throughout Harvey's entire career his basketball teams won a combined 98 games and only lost 18, he had gone 5 years undefeated and won 10 consecutive conference championships and 3 consecutive National Championship games. In 1971 Burwell T Harvey had a basketball record unparalleled to any other coach in America. However he did not feel that was fair seeing as how Jim Crow laws and segregation meant that his teams could not play everywhere.

In 1971 Harvey was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in Miami Florida. One year prior to that he was given the highest accolade of National Association of Athletic Directors in Miami Beach. On October, 3, 1969 one of the last 'Benchtalk Heard' articles were released and there are no dated ones from 1970. On October, 17, 1971 the Atlanta Daily World announce that the death of B.T. Harvey was on October, 15, 1971 at noon. It was released that he went to the hospital October 8th and was operated on by October 11th. By the 15th his heart stopped and he passed away in the Georgia Baptist Hospital. It was a devastating loss to the Atlanta community but especially to the Morehouse athletes who worked to be deemed well trained in Dr. Harvey's eyes. The president of Morehouse College in 1971 left the Atlanta Daily World with this remark, "B.T. Harvey is envisioned as an image of greatness at Morehouse College. And that is how he will forever be".

Harvey's Unpublished Work

·The study of carbohydrate changes in Ripening Bananas

·The Insecticidal properties of Anthemus Cotula

·Chemical education in Negro schools, minimum science requirements in Negro liberal arts colleges