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  • Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr.
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  • Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr. (March 9, 1916 – November 11, 1998) was an American government official and college president and administrator. After graduating from the University of Kentucky in 1936 as a member of Sigma Chi, he attended Merton College at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. He served as lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. He returned to the University of Kentucky and became a professor and then dean of the College of Law, before becoming president of West Virginia University. He served as the United States Secretary of the Army between 1961 and 1962 and served as president of Indiana University from 1962 to 1968. He was the president of the National Audubon Society from 1968 until 1981.
Office
  • United States Secretary of the Army
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  • Elvis Jacob Stahr.jpg
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term start
  • 1961-01-24
Birth Date
  • 1916-03-09
Spouse
  • Dorothy Berkfield
Name
  • Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr.
Caption
  • Elvis Jacob Stahr by Leo Fox
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Birth Place
  • Hickman, Kentucky
Title
term end
  • 1962-06-30
death date
  • 1998-11-11
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Years
  • 1962
  • January 1961 – June 1962
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  • 6
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  • Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr. (March 9, 1916 – November 11, 1998) was an American government official and college president and administrator. After graduating from the University of Kentucky in 1936 as a member of Sigma Chi, he attended Merton College at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. He served as lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. He returned to the University of Kentucky and became a professor and then dean of the College of Law, before becoming president of West Virginia University. He served as the United States Secretary of the Army between 1961 and 1962 and served as president of Indiana University from 1962 to 1968. He was the president of the National Audubon Society from 1968 until 1981.
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