Morris Harvey College - Harveyan Yearbook (Charleston, WV)

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' JpHE 1939 HARVEYAN is dedicated to Dr. Morris P. Shawkey, a man foremost in the field of education, an author, editor and lecturer, in grateful acknowledgment of his loyal service to our Alma Mater and his unfailing devotion to the cause of education. Dr. Shawkey was born February 17, 1898, in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, and was educated in the public schools of that state, and Oberlin College and Ohio Wesleyan University where he received his Master of Arts and the degree of Doctor of Pedagogy. In 1928 West Virginia Wesleyan College conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws. In 1895 he became a member of the West Virginia Wesleyan faculty. From 1897-1907, he was assistant state superintendent of schools; from 1902-1904, a member of the West Virginia state legis- lature; from 1907-1908 t superintendent of Kanawha county schools; from 1909-1921, state superintendent of schools; from 1921-1923, superintendent of Bluefield schools; and from 1923-1935, he was president of Marshall College. Since 1935 he has been business manager and professor of West Virginia History and Geography in Morris Harvey College. Dr. Shawkey has traveled from the Atlantic to the Pacific lec- turing to colleges and universities. He has been the editor of the West Virginia Educator and has also published several books and short stories of West Virginia history. In 1915 he received the highest honor bestowed by the organiza- tion when he was elected president of the American Association of School Administrators. T vo other honors bestowed upon Dr. Shawkey are those of being listed in Who’s Who in America and of being a member of Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic society. 5

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MORRIS P. SHAWKEY, LL. D. College Business Manager and Professor of West Virginia History and Geography R usiness n l another 4

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