Harvie worked with President Hoover in the Belgian relief effort during WWI and was given a medal
by King Albert of Belgium. He was also the author of the book Jesus and the Law of Moses.
A theologian and educator who, as Chancellor of Vanderbilt University from 1946-1963, put the institution on the path
to recognition as a national university. Branscomb lived another 35 years, dying at age 103. Cousin Alston Branscomb
visited him in the office he maintained in Kirkland Hall until his death. He remained active and attended university
functions until shortly before his death.
