Homer Martien Cook
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Homer Martien Cook was president of Northwest Missouri State University
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He was born in La Grange, Missouri
. At LaGrange College
he received a bachelors in 1890, a masters in 1904 from the University of Chicago
and an LLd from the Columbia School of Expression in Chicago in 1906.
He was pastor of the Maryville Baptist Church and taught physical culture and expression at the newly organized Northwest.
During his tenure the school was beset by fiscal problems and faculty was not paid. Work stopped on the Administration Building.
He quit in the summer of 1909 but was allowed to continue to live in the Northwest President house from Sept. 1, 1909 to Jan. 1, 1910 while his successor Henry Kirby Taylor
was president in effect creating two presidents of the college for four months.
Northwest Missouri State University
Northwest Missouri State University is a state university in Maryville, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as a teachers college, it offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. The campus, based on the design for Forest Park at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, is the official Missouri State Arboretum....
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He was born in La Grange, Missouri
La Grange, Missouri
La Grange is a city in Lewis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2000 census. Since the 2000 census the population has been dwindling. It is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Police Scandal:...
. At LaGrange College
Hannibal-LaGrange College
The former Hannibal–LaGrange College is a private Christian college located in Hannibal, Missouri, United States. The college is affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention, which is part of the Southern Baptist Convention. Enrollment is approximately 1,150 students as of 2007...
he received a bachelors in 1890, a masters in 1904 from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
and an LLd from the Columbia School of Expression in Chicago in 1906.
He was pastor of the Maryville Baptist Church and taught physical culture and expression at the newly organized Northwest.
During his tenure the school was beset by fiscal problems and faculty was not paid. Work stopped on the Administration Building.
He quit in the summer of 1909 but was allowed to continue to live in the Northwest President house from Sept. 1, 1909 to Jan. 1, 1910 while his successor Henry Kirby Taylor
Henry Kirby Taylor
Henry Kirby Taylor was president of Kentucky Wesleyan College, Northwest Missouri State University and the University of Texas at Arlington.-Kentucky Wesleyan:...
was president in effect creating two presidents of the college for four months.