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McCallie, James Park was born on September 9, 1879 in James County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Hooke and Ellen Douglas (Jarnagin) McCallie.
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James Park McCallie
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James Park McCallie, American Educator, headmaster. Recipient Man of Year in Chattanooga award Kiwanis, 1948, Russell Colgate cotation for disitng. service in religious education International Committee Religious Education, Columbus, Ohio, 1949, silver certified division Christian Education.Nat. Council Churches of Christ in American, 1951; Astronomy fellow Leander McCormick Observatory, University of Virginia, 1900-1903.
Education
Bachelor, Master of Arts, University of Virginia, 1900; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1903; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1933; Doctor of Laws (honorary), King College, Bristol, Tennessee, 1939.
Career
Instructor mathematics, Culver (Indiana) Military Academy, 1903-1905; secretary, treasurer, headmaster, McCallie School, Chattanooga headmaster emeritus, treasurer, McCallie School, Chattanooga, 1949; later president of the board of trustees, McCallie School, Chattanooga.
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Membership
Organizer Chattanooga plan of bible study used over 1000 public schools. Chairman of Commission on bible study in public schools, Chattanooga. Elder Presbyterian Church United States, moderator Appalachia Synod, 1962-1963, delegate Consulate Conference on World Missions, Montreat, North Carolina, 1962.
Member National Association Evangs., Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Lambda Pi.
Connections
Married Harriet P. Bibb, 1904. Children: James Park (deceased), Anne Elizabeth, Robert Lewis.
