Robert Gerald McMurtry

Background

McMurtry, Robert Gerald was born on February 17, 1906 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert Terry and Nellie (Bridwell) M.

Education

AB, Centre College, 1929. Doctor of Letters, Centre College, 1953. Doctor of Laws, Iowa Wesleyan College, 1946.

Doctor of Humane Letters, Lincoln (Illinois) College, 1962.

Career

Librarian, member research staff Lincoln National Life Foundation sponsored by Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1931-1935. Director department Lincolniana, assistant professor American history, administrative secretary Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, 1937-1956. Director Lincoln National Life Foundation, Fort Wayne, 1956-1973.

Lecturer International Educational Exchange Service, State Department, 1959.

Achievements

• Robert Gerald McMurtry has been listed as a notable author, research historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Lincoln Lore; Bulletin of the Lincoln National Life Foundation - Various Issues and Complete Years

Membership

Member Lincoln Memorial Hwy Commission Kentucky, 1935. Indiana member National Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, 1957. Member Society Sons of the American Revolution, Filson Club (history), Civil War Round Table New York, Lincoln Fellowship Southern California (honorary), Phi Delta Theta, Kappa Phi Kappa.

Connections

Married Florence Louise Koberly, December 22, 1934. Children: Joyce Ellen, Stephen Terry, Susan Bridwell, Linda Hoke, Jan Leslie.

Father:

Robert Terry M.

Mother:

Nellie (Bridwell) M.

Spouse:

Florence Louise Koberly

child:

Stephen Terry McMurtry

child:

Joyce Ellen McMurtry

child:

Jan Leslie McMurtry

child:

Susan Bridwell McMurtry

child:

Linda Hoke McMurtry