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Converse University is a private university in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It was established in 1889 by a group of Spartanburg residents and named after textile pioneer Dexter Edgar Converse . It was originally a women's college but now admits men.
Dexter Edgar Converse (1829–1899) was a textile entrepreneur who was co-founder and namesake of Converse University. Converse was native of Vermont who had moved to Spartanburg prior to the American Civil War and had become a successful pioneer in the cotton mill industry, and served as the head of the Converse University's first board of ...
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Converse was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the son of Edmund Winchester and Charlotte Augusta (Shepherd) Converse. His father was a successful merchant, and president of the National Tube Works and the Conanicut Mills. Frederick Converse's higher education was at Harvard College, where he came under the influence of the composer John K. Paine. [1]
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Born in Tulia, Texas, he played college basketball at the University of Texas. [1] He worked for thirty-five years at Converse, Inc., ultimately becoming the company's chairman and CEO. Ford played for Amarillo High School. In 1950 he was a Texas High School All State player and a participant in the Texas High School All Star Game.
Two years later, the 64-year-old Converse married Mary Edith Dunshee, who was 48. Dunshee was the sister of Converse's brother's widow. [17] Converse's son, Edmund, Jr., owned the Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy in Ventura County, California. [18] A daughter, Antoinette, moved to Germany after marrying Baron von Romberg, who died in World War I.