John Watrus Beckwith
Doctor of Divinity 1878
Beckwith, who was a member of Sewanee’s post-Civil War Board of Trustees, received his honorary degree in 1878. He had been a chaplain in the Confederate Army and was consecrated as the Episcopal Bishop of Georgia in 1868.
"Bishop (Stephen) Elliott planted the seeds all over Georgia which have since grown into vigorous life. There followed the wise administration of Bishop John Watrous Beckwith, who through the trying days of Reconstruction restored and rebuilt the shattered temples of the land." - The Living Church, January 21, 1945.