Melvin Bruce Glascock was born at Tiptonville, Tennessee, on May 11, 1918. He graduated from Perkiomen Preparatory School, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1936. He graduated from Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee, in 1960. In that same year he entered the Graduate School of Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and received a degree of Master of Arts in 1964. Since then he has been working toward a Ph.D.