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historian

William Edward Foley, American historian. Recipient Missouri Governor's award for Teaching Excellence, Missouri Department of Higher Education, 2000.

Background

Foley, William Edward was born on September 20, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of William Delbert and Lorene M. Foley.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Education, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, 1960. Master of Arts in History, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy in History, University Missouri, 1967.

Career

Teacher Consolidated School District Northern 2, Raytown, Missouri, 1960—1962. From assistant professor to professor emeritusof history Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, 1966—2001, professor emeritus of history, since 2001. Board director Friends of the Missouri State Archives.

Member Missouri Advisory Council on History Preservation, since 1991, chairman, 1999—2001.

Achievements

  • William Edward Foley has been listed as a noteworthy historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

All works

Membership

Member Warrensburg R-6 Board of Education, Warrensburg, 1977—1983, president, 1979—1980. Board of trustees Trails Regional Library., since 2000. Member of Johnson County History Society (board directors since 2001, president since 2002), State History Society Missouri (Distinguished Service award 2002), Society for Historians of the Early Republic, Western History Association, Organization of America Historians.

Connections

Married Martha A. Ellenburg, May 30, 1967. Children: Laura Ann Sindhi, David Edward.

Father:
William Delbert

Mother:
Lorene M. Foley

Spouse:
Martha A. Ellenburg

child:
David Edward Foley

child:
Laura Ann Sindhi Foley