Collection: James Morrow Collection | SRU ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Dates

1889 - 1890

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Biographical / Historical

James Morrow was appointed principal and professor of psychology and history of education in early 1889, following the inspection of the school’s facilities by a committee representing Pennsylvania Gov. James Beaver. Morrow and the school’s six faculty members developed the first program of studies for the 168 students admitted for the first term, which began March 26, 1889. Prior to his service to Slippery Rock State Normal School, Morrow was a lawyer, an infantryman during the Civil War and a high school teacher and principal in Pittsburgh. His academic degrees were from Jefferson College. His granddaughter, Anne, married famed aviator Charles Lindbergh.