Background
Hoag grew up and attended grade school in Pennsylvania.
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Merritt Hoag
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Duke University.
Career
Following high school he enrolled in Edinboro College and subsequently Duke University, where he earned a master"s degree in economics and English. He then had a brief career as a principal, and later a dean, of masonic school in Texas. Hoag joined the United States Navy at the beginning of the Second World War.
He spent the early years of the war organizing pre-flight schools at the University of Georgia, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Iowa.
A few years into the war he requested sea duty. After the war he remained in the United States Army Reserve util reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel, at which point he retired.
Before becoming the president of North Georgia College, Merritt East. Hoag served as the dean of the school during the presidency of Jonathan C. Rogers. After Rogers" retirement in 1949, Hoag succeeded him in the presidency.
Following his retirement from the presidency at NGC, Hoag he became the mayor of Young Harris, Georgiaa position that he held for two consecutive terms.
Hoag died in Young Harris on November 19, 1994.
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Purple Heart; Philippine Independence Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the United States. military.The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the United States. military.