Coe College - Acorn Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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DEDICATION Dr. Howard S. Greenlee, a native of Illinois, received his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. He taught in the Wood- stock public schools before serving as an ordinance instructor in the Navy ' s Midship- man ' s school at Northwestern University. From 1950-1955 Dr. Greenlee served on the staff of Simpson College at Indianola. During the last years at Simpson he was named an associate professor of history and chairman of the social studies division of the college. Dr. Greenlee left Simpson to accept a position as associate dean at South- western University at Georgetown, Texas, for one year. In 1956 he became dean of the college at Park College at Parkville, Missouri. Dr. Greenlee has served as dean and professor of history at Coe since 1958. He has been the recipient of a Carnegie Corporation Administrator ' s Travel Grant and a Ford Foundation Faculty Fellowship, which enabled him to study at Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary in New York. This September he will become professor of history at Tuskegee Insti- tute at Tuskegee, Alabama. During his years at Coe, Dr. Greenlee has been instrumental in initiating various academic programs. He has demonstrated a constant interest in the welfare of the col- lege. In sincere appreciation for his dedication to Coe, the 1965 ACORN is dedicated to Dr. Greenlee. 23