Background
Turck, Charles Joseph was born on September 13, 1890 in New Orleans. Son of Charles Edwin and Louisa Bertha (Frank) Turck.
college president law educator
Turck, Charles Joseph was born on September 13, 1890 in New Orleans. Son of Charles Edwin and Louisa Bertha (Frank) Turck.
AB, Tulane University, 1911. AM, Columbia University, 1912. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1913.
Doctor of Laws, Kentucky Wesleyan, 1928. Doctor of Laws, Cumberland University, 1930. Doctor of Laws, Tulane University, 1935.
Doctor of Laws, University Illinois, 1956. Graduate, School Military Government, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Practiced with, Lord, Day & Lord, New York City, until 1916;
professor of law, Tulane University, 1916-1920;
professor of law, Vanderbilt University, 1920-1924;
also secretary Law School, Vanderbilt University
professor of law, dean Law School, U. Kentucky, 1924-1927;
president, Centre College, 1927-1936. Director department special education and action Board of Christian Education Presbyn Church United States of America, 1936-1939. Faculty Provost Marshal General's School, Fort Custer, Michigan;president Macalester College, St. Paul, 1939-1958.
Executive director Japan International Christian U. Foundation, 1958-1960. President Michael Jackson Lewi College Podiatry, New York City, from 1967.
President Association American Colleges, 1946, National Council Presbyterian Men, 1948-1949. Member Fact-Finding Commission on Jerusalem, 1950. Chairman Governor's Committee on Ethics and Government Minnesota, 1958.
Member committee on aging Community Service Society New York, Kentucky State Reorganization Commission, Kentucky State Tax Commission. Delegate World Conference Oxford and Edinburgh, 1937. Educational director War Work Young Men’s Christian Association, Pensacola, Florida, Parris Island, South Carolina, 1918-1919.
Educational consultant various religious and educational groups, from 1960. Major United States Army, 1948-1944. Member National Council Accreditation Teacher Education (chairman 1955-1956), Masons, Rotary (governor 18th district 1932-1933), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Nu, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Emma Fuller, September 28, 1914. Children: Viola Turck Giben, Emma Louise Turck Wine.