Victor Lord Oliver

Professor Emeritus, Biology

Victor Lord Oliver, from Wilmont, Arkansas, received his B.A. from Ouachita College in 1949, his M.A. from George Peabody College in 1950, and his Ph.D. from the University of Alabama in 1961. Dr. Oliver was an Assistant Professor at Louisiana College for two years. He then returned to Ouachita and taught for nine years. He left Ouachita as an Associate Professor to teach for two years at Lamar State University. He joined the faculty of Mobile College as a Full Professor and taught there for three years. In 1965, Oliver returned to Ouachita Baptist University. He served as Chairman of the Biology Department until his retirement in 1988. While contact with students was always a pleasure of Dr. Oliver's, his best memories of teaching include encouraging students in the upper level courses to go on to obtain graduate degrees. In his short time at Lamar State University, three students under his guidance pursued doctorates in Oliver's specialty of parasitology. While at Ouachita, hundreds of students continued to pursue graduate study with Oliver's encouragement. He married the former Billie Englerth. They had two daughters, Victoria Helm and Toni Oliver.