John Morris Gillette

Background

Gillette, John Morris was born on August 9, 1866 in near Maryville, Missouri, United States. Son of William W. and Jane (Radford) Gillette.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Park College, Parkville, Missouri, 1892, Doctor of Laws, 1928. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1895. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1895.

Doctor of Philosophy, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1898.

Doctor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1901.

Career

Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1895. Pastor, Dodge City, Kansas, 1895-1896. Lecturer and librarian Bible Normal College, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1898-1899.

Principal Chadron (Nebraska) Academy, 1899-1900.

President Academy for Young Women, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1901-1903. Professor of history and sociology, State Normal School, Valley City, North Dakota, 1903-1907.

Professor and head of department sociology, University of North Dakota, since September, 1907. Chairman North Dakota State Child Labor Company, 1913-1920.

State supervisor rural research, Federal Emergency Relief Administration Chairman advisory commission on personnel, North Dakota Workmen’s Compensation and Unemployment Insurance Division, 1937-1940.

Achievements

• John Morris Gillette has been listed as a noteworthy sociologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member advisory board National Child Labor Committee, 1918-1922. Member American Sociological Society (1st vice president 1926, president 1928), National Conference Social Work, American Association for Labor Legislation, American Country Life Association, State Educational Association of North Dakota, et cetera Member International Institute of Sociology.

Member Phi Beta Kappa.

Clubs: Grand Forks, Fortnightly, Franklin.

Connections

Married Margaret Carolyn Morgan, September 4, 1901.

Father:

William West. Gillette

Mother:

Jane (Radford) Gillette

Spouse:

Margaret Carolyn Morgan