Morley Josiah Mays (December 13, 1911 – July 5, 1998) is an American academic, a former professor and President of

Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown College (informally E-town) is a private college in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. History Founding and early years Founded in 1899, Elizabethtown College is one of many higher learning institutions founded in the 19th century by c ...

Education

Mays graduated from

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in 1932.

Professional career

In 1963, Mays became first vice president at Juniata College. Mays became President of Elizabethtown College in 1966 until 1977.http://www.etown.edu/President.aspx?topic=Presidential+History+of+Elizabethtown+College&skin=0&department=290 In 1977 he became interim president of Albright College. He was a founder and chair of

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. Mays served as Church of the Brethren moderator at the 1969 Annual Conference in

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. He died on July 5, 1998, at the age of 86.

References

Presidents of Elizabethtown College 1998 deaths 1911 births 20th-century American academics {{US-academic-administrator-1910s-stub