RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 26 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Sept. 24, 2026 Bryant Mangum, longtime VCU English professor and F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar, dies at 83 His half-century tenure was marked by numerous honors for his scholarship and teaching. By Sian Wilkerson Bryant Mangum, an author and prominent F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar whose Virginia Commonwealth University career spanned more than 50 years, died Sept. 13 at age 83. Mangum, Ph.D., retired in 2022, and throughout his distinguished car more PR

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, Sept. 26 -- Furman University posted the following news: * * * Remembering Judith Bainbridge, 1936-2026 * Dr. Judith Bainbridge, a longtime Furman administrator and Professor Emerita of English, passed away recently on Sept. 18, 2026. She was 89. Dr. Bainbridge received a B.A. in English from Mary Washington College, and she later earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Iowa. Following brief teaching stints at Johnson C. Smith University and Queens College, she came to Furman in 1976 as Direct more PR