Title
Preview
Creation Date
1937
Description
Upon Henry Cherry's death August 1, 1937 the Board of Regents created an executive committee consisting of chair Finley Grise, L.F. Jones, W.L. Matthews, B.J. Borrone and Mrs. W.P. Drake. Paul Garrett was elected WKU's second president at a special meeting of the Board of Regents September 1, 1937. He served as president until his death February 28, 1955.
Paul Loos Garrett was born in Waddy, Shelby County, Kentucky, on November 2, 1893. He earned an A.B. degree at Georgetown (KY) College in 1914 majoring in history and political science and an M.A. in 1935 in psychology and education. He did more graduate work at the University of Chicago and the University of Kentucky. He was awarded an honorary LL.D. from Georgetown College in 1938. After a brief stint in the army during World War I he went on to teach at several high schools throughout Kentucky, becoming superintendent of city schools at Versailles in 1924. In February 1937 Garrett took a leave of absence to serve in A.B. Chandler's administration as director of the Division of Personnel Efficiency. [Harrison, p. 110]
Keywords
Western Kentucky University, President