Neil Albright

Neil Kenneth Albright attended the college for three semesters from 1946 to 1947. In his application he shared “I hope to find the answer to a most serious question. What am I best suited for in life? Shall I be a doctor, lawyer, or Indian chief?” Before coming to the college, he attended the Naval Aviation Cadet School at the University of Georgia.

There isn't much about Neil in his student file, but college bulletins share his activities with fellow students, like his participation in a singing group called the Barber Shop Quartet, being part of the the football team then known as the Prehistoric Specimen, and working with Adamy on college issues relating to plumbing, electrical work, and carpentry.

This was also shared in a college bulletin in April 1946, "NEIL ALBRIGHT can be found on a Sunday flying about the campus in one of those yellow cub planes available at the local airfield. He comes to BMC from 3 ½ years of flying duty with the Navy. Originally from Sunbury, Pennsylvania."

Asheville Art Museum Collection

Writings about Neil can be seen in digitized college bulletins on Asheville Art Museum's collection website: collection.ashevilleart.org. They can be found by searching these accession numbers: 2017.40.215a-g, 2017.40.218.01, 2017.40.343

2017.40.215 April 1946 bulletin, "NEIL ALBRIGHT can be found of a Sunday flying about the campus in one of those yellow cub planes available at the local airfield. He comes to BMC from 3 ½ years of flying duty with the Navy. Originally from Sunbury, Pennsylvania."

Courses Taken

Spring Term 1945-1946: Philosophy III (Dehn), Modern Novel (Merrick), Race Problem (Miller), Woodworking (Gregory), Chorus (Lowinsky), Calculus Tutorial (Dehn?)

Fall Term 1946-1947: Drawing (Bolotowsky), Shakespeare (Richards), Psychology of Social Issues (Wallen), Chorus (Schlesinger), Tutorial in French (Dreyfus), Typing(Rondy)

Spring Term 1946-47: Math(Dehn), Human Relations (Wallen), Farming (Moles and Trayer), Typing (Rondy), Physics of Maintenance (Ted D).