Background
McCluer, Franc Lewis was born on March 27, 1896 in O'Fallon, Missouri, United States. Son of Clarence Eugene and Martha Virginia (Savage) M.
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Franc Lewis McCluer
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Bachelor, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, 1916; Master of Arts, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, 1920; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1928; Doctor of Laws, Westminster College Doctor of Laws, Washington University Doctor of Laws, Waynesburg College Doctor of Laws, U. Missouri.
Career
Teacher, Fulton (Missouri) High School, 1916-1918; assistant department history and economics, Westminster College, 1918-1920; John Jay Rice professor sociology and economics, Westminster College, 1920-1933; president, Westminster College, 1933-1947; president, Lindenwood College, from 1947. Instructor sociology University of Chicago, 1923-1924, 25-26. Visiting professor sociology S.E. Missouri State Teachers College, summer 1927, U. Missouri, summer 1929.
Achievements
Membership
Democratic presidential elector, 1932. Member Missouri State Constitutional Convention,1943. Executive director Missouri Committee for the New Constitution.
Delegate Delaware Conference on Basis of Just and Durable Peace. Board directors Association American Colls., 1943-1946, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, 1939-1947. President of the board curators Lincoln U., Missouri, 1939-1943.
President Missouri College Joint Fund Committee, Inc., from 1952. President Presbyterian College Union, 1941. Member Federal Council Churches Christ American State Children's Code Commission, 1946.
Member Missouri Commision on Human Rights. Board directors Christian Education Presbyterian Church United States of America, 1951-1954. Moderator Synod of Missouri, Presbyterian Church United States of America, 1939-1940, commissioner to general assembly of Presbyterian Church, 1942.
Chairman county National Presbyterian Church and Center, from 1961. Member American Sociological Society, Round Table Club, University Club, Kiwanis (president Fulton chapter 1933), Masons, Pi Kappa Delta, Kappa Alpha, Zeta Phi, Pi Gamma Mu, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Connections
Married Ida Belle Richmond, September 2, 1920. 1 child, Richmond Harold.
