Background
ELLIS, Elmer was born on July 27, 1901 in. McHenry County, N. Dakota. Son of Thomas Clarkson and Lillie Jane (Butterfield) Ellis.
ELLIS, Elmer was born on July 27, 1901 in. McHenry County, N. Dakota. Son of Thomas Clarkson and Lillie Jane (Butterfield) Ellis.
University of North. Dakota and State University of Iowa.
Lecturer in History, State University of Iowa 1928-1930. Assistant Professor, Association Professor, and Professor, of History, University of Missouri 1930-1971. Acting Dean of Graduate School, University of Missouri, summers 1936, 1939, 1941, Vice-President in charge of Extra Divisional Educational Activities 1945-1946, Dean of Faculty College, of Arts and Science 1946-1955, Acting President 1954-1955, President 1955-1966.
President Emeritus University of Missouri since 1966.
President National Council for Social Studies 1937. United States Army History Branch, War Department General Staff 1943-1945.
Chairman 1957-1959. President Mississippi Valley History.
Association 1950; Lecturer, University of Amsterdam 1951-1952. President Board of directors Harry" South. Truman Institute for National and Institute Affairs 1957-1977.
President National Commission, on Accrediting 1962-1964. President National Association State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges 1964-1965.
Consultant Education Commission, of States 1967-1971, Rockefeller Foundation 1967.
Educational Consultant on Administration, University of Delegate Valle, Cali, Colombia 1967, Texas Technological University 1968-1969. Chairman Missouri Arthritis Council 1971-1984. Consultant on Administration Structure, Orissa Agriculture and Technology University, Bhubaneswar, India 1970.
President Missouri State Historical Society 1974-1977.
Honorary Doctor of Laws (University of North. Dakota 1946, Central College, Fayette, Missouri 1955, Drury College, Springfield, Missouri 1956, Washington University 1960), Honorary Doctor of Letters (Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Missouri 1961), Doctor of Letters (Saint Louis University 1966). Distinguished Service.
History Advisory Committee, United States Army and Board of Editors Mississippi Valley Historical Review 1947-1950, Board of directors Social Science Research Council 1946-1951. Board of Foreign Scholarships, United States Department, of State 1958-1961, Civil Rights Advisory Committee United States Department, of Agriculture 1965-1968.
Board of Curators, Stephens College 1967-1973.
Married Ruth Clapper in 1925.