Background
Norris, Louis William was born on February 3, 1906 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Vernon Ward and Gertrude (Hamilton) Norris.
Norris, Louis William was born on February 3, 1906 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Vernon Ward and Gertrude (Hamilton) Norris.
AB, Otterbein College, 1928. Doctor of Laws, Otterbein College, 1953. Barium Strontium Titanate magna cum laude, Boston University, 1931.
Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1937. Postgraduate, University Berlin, 1932. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1937.
Pastor, Evangelical Congressional Church, Dunstable, Massachusetts, 1930-1931, 32-37;
assistant professor philosophy and religion, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio., 1937-1939;
associate professor, vice president, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio., 1939-1946;
visiting professor, Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Illinois, summer 1945, 50;
professor philosophy, DePauw University, 1946-1952;
head department philosophy and religion, DePauw University, 1947-1952;
dean, DePauw University, 1950-1952;
president, MacMurray College, Illinois, 1952-1986. Member Conference on Christian Bases of World Order, 1943. Chairman Ohio Conference on Character Education, 1946.
Participant 9th and 10th Confs. on Science, Philosophy and Religion, 1948, 49.
(Philosophy)
Chairman Ohio area board student activities Young Men’s Christian Association, 1942-1945, member National Council, 1943-1946. Member National Student Committee, 1943-1946, National Commission on Our Christian Purpose, Young Men’s Christian Association-Young Women’s Christian Association, 1942. Member committee on examinations and advanced standing Ohio College Association, 1942-1946.
Chairman technical consultant committee White House Conference on Children and Youth, Illinois section, 1960. Member American Philosophical Association, American Association of University Professors, National Association Biblical Instructors (treasurer 1947-1950), Illinois Conference Methodist Churches, National Education Association, National Association for the Advancement of Science, Delta Phi Alpha.
Married Florence Cronise Howard, June 4, 1931. Children: Martha Ellen, Joanna May.