Background
Boatman, Conway was born on July 30, 1889 in Stewart, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Henry and Mary Ann (Morehead) Boatman.
Boatman, Conway was born on July 30, 1889 in Stewart, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Henry and Mary Ann (Morehead) Boatman.
Bachelor of Arts, Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky, 1915. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1926. Bachelor of Divinity, Drew Theological Seminary, 1927.
Studied University Chicago, summer 1929.
Doctor of Divinity, Fletcher College, 1930. Doctor of Humane Letters, Union College, 1959.
Teacher Asbury College, 1915-1916. Pastor Methodist Episcopal Church, Clear Lake and Burke, South Dakot, 1916-1919. Educational missionary in India, 1919-1925.
Professor and head department education, Sterling (Kansas) College, 1927-1928.
President Iowa National Training School (for Christian leadership), Des Moines, 1928-1931. President Snead Junior College, Boaz, Alabama, 1931-1939, Union College at Barbourville, Kentucky, 1938-1959, president emeritus, from 1959.
Member of the National Education Association, Mechanical Engineering Church Ednl. Association; member. International Longfellow Society. Club:; member).
Married East(lmina) Carolina Brasher, June 23, 1915. Children: John Paul, Joseph Brasher, Wilson Morehead.