Dr. Echol Lee Nix (STH ’00, GRS ’07)
In memoriam, Dean Moore writes:
Echol Lee Nix, Jr. was a Boston University alum (STM 2000, PhD 2007) with heart of gold and unlimited potential. He came to Boston University with a BA from Morehouse College and an MDiv from Vanderbilt Divinity School. He completed his STM and then a PhD at Boston university. With Robert Neville, John Silber, and Tony Campbell as mentors, Echol worked on exchanging that potential for genuine achievements that laid down a foundation for his future influence. Tony Campbell died during Echol’s degree program, and Echol was with him when it happened; this was a horrific experience that nearly crushed him. Echol was strong, though, and pulled through. Especially with Bob Neville’s support, he established a career and began to exercise his influence on new generations of students, most recently as Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Claflin College in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Echol died on Thursday September 17, 2020, aged 45, in a car accident. His passing can be measured in the grief of those who loved him, but it should also be measured in the loss of his burgeoning influence and all the good he would have continued to do.
You can read more about Dr. Nix, Jr., on the Claflin University website: https://www.claflin.edu/academics-research/faculty-research/meet-our-faculty/echol-nix-jr. See also the brief entry (open for enlargement) on A People’s History website sponsored by the Center for Global Christianity and Mission: http://www.bu.edu/sth-history/nix-echol-lee-jr/.