Background
Sr., Hugh Morris Gloster, was born on May 11, 1911 in Brownsville, Tennessee, United States. Son of John and Dora (Morris) G.
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Hugh Morris Gloster, Sr.
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Hugh Morris Gloster, Sr., American college president, college association consultant. Recipient research grant Alpha Phi Alpha, summer 1940; research grant Carnegie Foundation, 1950-1951; distinguished contributions award College Language Association, 1958; Centennial medallion Hampton Institute, 1968; Alumnus of Year award Le Moyne College College, 1967.
Education
Student, Le Moyne College College, 1929. Bachelor, Morehouse College, 1931. Master of Arts, Atlanta University, 1933.
Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1943. Doctorate (honorary), University Haiti, 1968. Doctorate (honorary), New York University, 1971.
Doctorate (honorary), Wayne State University, 1976. Doctorate (honorary), Washington University, St. Louis, 1977. Doctorate (honorary), Morgan State University, 1980.
Doctorate (honorary), Mercer University, 1981. Doctorate (honorary), St. Paul's College, 1982. Doctorate (honorary), Emory University, 1987.
Doctorate (honorary), Morehouse School Medicine, 1987. Doctorate (honorary), Le Moyne College-Owen College, 1993. Doctorate (honorary), Hampton University, 1999.
Career
Instructor, associate professor English Le Moyne College College, 1933-1941. Professor English Morehouse College, 1941-1943. Program director United Service Organizations, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 1943-1944, associate regional executive Atlanta, 1944-1946.
Professor English, chairman department language and literature Hampton Institute, 1946-1963, director summer session, 1952-1962, dean faculty, 1963-1967. President Morehouse College, Atlanta, 1967-1987, president emeritus, from 1987. Co-director College Consultant Network Southern Association Colleges & Schools, 1987-1996, trustee, board directors, from 1988.
Professor English Atlanta University, summers 1942, 43. Guest professor English New York University, summers 1949, 62. Fulbright professor English Hiroshima University, Japan, 1953-1955.
Lecturer Orientation Center Foreign Graduate Students, College William and Mary, summer 1955. Visiting professor American literature University Warsaw, Poland, 1961-1962. Member summer faculty University Virgin Islands, 1960, University Krakow, Poland, 1962, University Valencia, Spain, 1963.
Achievements
Membership
Vice chairman Georgia Postsecondary Education Commission. Member president's council American Forum for International Studies and Institute European Studies. Past vice president, member executive committee Association Private Colleges and Universities in Georgia.
Member executive committee College Entrance Examination Board, 1967-1971. Member, chairman executive committee Educational Testing Service, 1971-1975. Board directors United Board for College Development, Committee on Economic Development, Institute European Studies, Martin Luther King Junior Center for Social Change, Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Board directors, trustee United Negro College Fund. Trustee Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Interdenominational Theological Center, Paul Quinn College, Le Moyne College-Owen College. Founder, trustee Morehouse School Medicine, since 1973.
Member College Language Association (founder, president 1937-1938, 48-50), American Association Higher Education (executive committee 1967-1969), American Association University Administrators (trustee), Fulbright Association, Inquiry Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Pi Phi Boule, Alpha Phi Alpha, Golden Key.
Connections
Married Louise Elizabeth Torrence, June 1, 1935 (divorced). Children– Alice Louise, Evelyn Elaine. Married Beulah Victoria Harold, September 9, 1957 (deceased July 1985).
1 son, Hugh Morris, Junior. Married Yvonne Arnold King, June 17, 1989.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1933
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1968
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1971
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Awards
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Recipient research grant Alpha Phi Alpha, summer 1940. Research grant Carnegie Foundation, 1950-1951. Distinguished contributions award College Language Association, 1958. Centennial medallion Hampton Institute, 1968. Alumnus of Year award Le Moyne College College, 1967.Recipient research grant Alpha Phi Alpha, summer 1940. Research grant Carnegie Foundation, 1950-1951. Distinguished contributions award College Language Association, 1958.
Centennial medallion Hampton Institute, 1968. Alumnus of Year award Le Moyne College College, 1967.