Background
Briggs, Eugene Stephen was born on February 1, 1890 in Howard County, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas Hale and Susan Almyra (Pyle) Briggs.
president Southeastern Teachers College
Briggs, Eugene Stephen was born on February 1, 1890 in Howard County, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas Hale and Susan Almyra (Pyle) Briggs.
Bachelor of Science, Central College, Fayette, Missouri, 1912. Bachelor of Science in Education, University of Missouri, 1917, Master of Arts, 1921. Doctor of Philosophy., Teachers College (Columbia), 1934.
Graduate study U. Iowa, summer 1932.
Teacher Moberly, Missouri, 1912-1913. High school principal at Carrollton, Slater and Trenton, Missouri, 1913-1919. Principal high school, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 1919-1923, scupt. schools, 1925-1928.
President State Teachers College, Durant, Oklahoma, 1928-1933. Director adult education Missouri State Department of Education, 1934-1935. President Christian College, Columbia, Missouri, 1935-1938.
President Phillips U., Enid, Oklahoma, 1938-1961. Professor education, University of Ark, summer 1926, Washington State College, summer 1927. Assistant in teacher-training department Teachers College (Columbia), 1934.
President Oklahoma Motor Club, 1960-1962, National Investors Life Insurance Company, Oklahoma, from 1959. President Investors Equity Corporation, Oklahoma. Vice president, Oklahoma Advisory Committee to Commision on Civil Rights, 1958-1961.
Founder Oklahoma Vocational Guidance Conference, 1929. State chairman Young Men’s Christian Association 1931-1933. Honorary chairman Oklahoma Cancer Fund Drive, 1960-1961.
Member State Correlation Commission (Disciples of Christ) (Executive Committee 1940-1961). Vice president International Convention, Disciples of Christ, 1942-1944. Chairman Salt Plains Council Boy Scouts American, 1940-1943 (member National Council).
Member American Seminar, 1938, 39, 41. Member Committee on Effective Ministry, Disciples of Christ, 1940-1947. Member Oklahoma Coordinating Board, 1940-1942.
Author: (with V.M. Pratt) A Finding and Broadening Course in Public Speaking, 1933. Preparation of Secondary Teachers in Teachers Colleges for Guiding and Directing Extra-Class Activities, 1935. Author, editorial page, Lions Magazine, 1948-1949.Editor Phillips U. Bulletin, 1938-1961. Contributor to educational and religious mags.
Member State Correlation Commission (Disciples of Christ) (Executive Committee 1940-1961). Member American Seminar, 1938, 39, 41. Member Committee on Effective Ministry, Disciples of Christ, 1940-1947.
Member Oklahoma Coordinating Board, 1940-1942. Member of the board of directors Conference of Christians and Jews, 1947-1949. Member Oklahoma College Pres’.
Council, secretary, 1928-1933. Member National Society for Study of Education, S.A.R. (vice president), Blue Key, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Pi Gamma Museum. Member Disciples of Christ.
Mason ( Knights Templar, Shriner). Clubs: Lions (director 1943-1950, international president 1948-1949), Hi-Twelve.
Married Mary Gentry, August 19, 1914. Children: Stephen Gentry (deceased), Eleanor Sue, William B. Science.