Holly Estil Cunningham

Background

Cunningham, Holly Estil was born on January 13, 1883 in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. Son of Nathan Decatur and Sarah Ann (Shafer) Cunningham.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Lebanon (O.) College, 1908, Bachelor of Laws, 1910. Student of University of Cincinnati. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1918.

Career

Began teaching in public schools of West Virginia. President and professor philosophy Lebanon (O.) College, 1914-1917. Professor and head department philosophy University of Oklahoma, 1917-1923.

Professor and head department West Virginia University, 1923-1929.

Professor and director summer session Atlantic University, 1930-1932, also trustee and secretary of university. President Alfred Holbrook College, 1932-1940.

President Edison College 1941-1950. Professor philosophy Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky, since 1950.

Chairman Lee County Red Cross, 1945-1946.

Lecturer Associate Clubs, Incorporated., 1949.

Achievements

• Holly Estil Cunningham has been listed as a notable author, lecturer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Religion

Communion and Water Baptism are symbolic acts of obedience to the teaching of Jesus in the New Testament.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, American Philosophical Association (Western and Eastern branches), American Association University professors, West. Virginia Academy Sciences, South-western Political Science Association, Acacia, Kappa Delta Phi, Phi Delta Kappa. Mason (32°), Odd.

Connections

Married Lelia Jane Morris, 1905.

Father:

Nathan Decatur Cunningham

Mother:

Sarah Ann (Shafer) Cunningham

Spouse:

Lelia Jane Morris