Clifton L. Ganus Jr.

In 1929 his family moved to New Orleans, where his father founded Finest Foods, Incorporated, developing a successful chain of restaurants and cafeterias along with a sandwich distribution business.

[7] After leaving the presidency of Harding, Ganus traveled extensively, lectured at universities in Romania and China, and served as a representative of the Church of Christ to government officials in Uganda and Poland.

[11] During his early teaching years at Harding, Ganus served as a lecturer with the National Education Program, an institution that had been established by Benson to promote his view of American political and economic policies.

Ganus traveled to speak at the program's Freedom Forums in a number of states, narrated films, and spoke at events on campus.

[13] In the spring of 1969, responding to a list of requests from students and faculty, Ganus spoke in Harding's chapel on race relations at the school.

A group of about 20 walked out during the second chapel service, protesting a perceived lack of progress in interracial relations and recruitment of black students and faculty[9] Ganus later made many trips to the Caribbean and to Latin America to recruit students.