Four Professors To Retire In June From Kent State
Charles McWilliams profiles Prof Edgar Packard and three other Kent State professors set to retire in June. Packard, with 62 years teaching, spent two decades at Kent State and contributed poems from army camps. He studied at Indiana State, Wisconsin and Illinois institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McWilliams
Kent State University
Edgar Packard
Packard
Gilead
Indiana
Prof. Packard
Indiana State Teachers College
Terre Haute
John McGilvrey
J. O. Engleman
Northwestern
Grand Prairie Seminary
Northwestern University
River Falls State Normal School
River Falls
Wisconsin
University of Illinois
Western Reserve University
America
Wisconsin State Teachers College
Lacrosse
Kent State Normal School
Kent
Veteran Kent State professor to devote time to hobby
Professor John Thomas Johnson, 71, long a Kent State Normal School fixture since 1912, plans to give his final lecture to a KSU class next week. A pioneer faculty member, he led the agriculture department, later taught photography, and is an active member of the Photographic Society of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickey Dover
KSU
John Thomas Johnson
Old Kent Normal School
Palestine, Ohio
Johnson
Knox College
University of Illinois
Palestine
Western Ilinois State
Agriculture Department
South Lincoln Street
Photographic Society of America
Half Century Career Ends For Harbourt
Stephen A. Harbourt, biology professor, retires after a 50-year teaching career. Born May 10 1870 near Steubenville Ohio he began teaching at 16 and joined the university staff in 1922 while also serving as city councilman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen A. Harbourt
Harbourt
Steubenville
Ohio
Harding High School
Williams Will Travel Talk Educate Men on Retirement Plans
After 47 years in education, Dr. Oscar H. Williams will resign from Kent, planning travels to study labor, education, and social issues. Born 1874 in Oakford, Ind., Williams will advise union leaders and promote adult education while lecturing and writing on economics. He leaves a legacy of reforms at Kent from 1932 to 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Swope
Oscar H. Williams
Sean
College of Liberal Arts
Kent
Williams
Arts
Dr. Williams
Bloomington
Ill
Indiana University
United States
Mexico
South America
Dean Williams
Oakford
Ind
Berdelia Nelson Kearns
Frankfort
Byron B
Julian H
Indiana State Normal School
Harvard University
Hemlock
Windfall
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