found: NUCMC data from Stillman College for for Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Ala.). General historical records, 1922-1980(Dr. Walter D. Shephard)
found: Email from Walter D. Shepard, Jr., Oct. 29, 2002(Walter D. Shepard, the same one who wrote Sent By the Sovereign, and missionary to the Belgian Congo from 1947-60; awarded the Doctor of Letters, in appreciation for his work as a Presbyterian missionary and his encouragement to Stillman College; died of a heart attack in June of 1992; D in his name is the family name Dorman)
found: SSDI, Oct. 29, 2002(Walter D. Shepard; residence: Dallas, Tx.; b. 10 May 1920; d. June 1992)