Haskell Monroe
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Haskell Moorman Monroe Jr. (March 18, 1931 – November 13, 2017) was an American educator and university administrator who led the University of Texas at El Paso from 1980 to 1987 and the University of Missouri from 1987 to 1993.[1]
Monroe was the only child of Haskell Moorman Monroe, Sr and Myrtle Marie Monroe (née Jackson) of Garland, Texas. The family lived in Garland, Wichita Falls, Texas, Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Orange, Texas, from 1942, where the elder Monroe was employed at Consolidated Steel Corporation shipyard.
Mornoe graduated from Orange High School in 1948. He attended Austin College in Sherman, Texas, where he was awarded both a Bachelor's and master's degrees in History. While working on his master's degree, he taught history at nearby Denison High School in Denison, Texas, and served in the United States 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 in 1962.
