Haskell Monroe
Haskell Moorman Monroe, Jr. (born March 18, 1931)[1] was an American educator and university administrator.
Early Life and Education
Haskell Moorman Monroe, Jr is the only cild of Haskell Moorman Monroe, Sr and Myrtle Marie Monroe (nee Jackson) of Garland, Texas. THe family lived in Garland, Texas until several moves to towns in Texas and Arkansas in 1939 and 1940. In 1941, the family moved to Orange, Texas where the elder Monroe was enployed at Consolidated Shipyards.
Haskell Jr. graduated from Orange High School in 1948. He went on to attend Austin College in Sherman, Texas where he was awarded both a batchelor's and master's degrees in History. While working on his master's degree, he taught history at nearby Denison High School in Denison, TX and served in the Navy Reserve.
After earning his master's degree, he served in the United States Navy, stationed at Charleston, South Carolina.
Upon muster from the navy, he continued his studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He completed his PhD in History from Rice in 1958.
==Career in Academia=. His first teaching position following receipt of his PhD was at Schreiner College in Kerrville, Texas.
From there, he was offered the opportunity to teach history for the summer of 1959 at Texas A&M College (now Texas A&M University) in College Station, Texas. At teh conclusion of the summer term, he was offereda full time ongoing position at Texas A&M where he remained on the faculty until 1980. While at Texas A&M he was appointed Dean of Faculties (a position now known by the title Provost).
In 1980, he was appointed as the President of the University of Texas at El Paso, a position he held until 1987.
He began serving as the 4th chancellor and 18th chief executive officer of the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Missouri in 1987.[2] Before becoming chancellor at the University of Missouri he was on the faculty at Texas A&M University. Haskell retired as chancellor in 1993 after receiving budget cuts from the Missouri State Legislature.[3] After his retirement he served professor of history.[4] Haskell was also editor of the "Papers of Jefferson Davis 1808-1840, Vol 1" published in 1971.[5]