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  Jamison, Olis G.
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NameOlis G. Jamison
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Terre Haute, Indiana , United States
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Born August 06, 1893
DiedJune 20, 1977 (83 years)
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InfoHOUSE, 1927 (GREENE). Democrat. Born August 6, 1893, Daviess County, Indiana. Moved to Greene County; and to Terre Haute, Vigo County, in 1927. Attended Greene County public schools; Scotland High School, graduated 1917; Indiana State University, B.S. 1928, M.S. 1929; Stanford University, Ed.D. 1935. Married Ruth Bauer, 1922 (2 children). Methodist. U.S. Army (Infantry), 1917-19, sergeant. Teacher, 1919-27; insurance salesman, 1920-27; professor and administrator, Indiana State University, 1928-60; realtor, 1961-73. Vigo County Democratic Campaign Fund Raising Committee, 1942, head; precinct committeeman, 22 years; Democratic state convention delegate, several times; Terre Haute Sanitary Commission, 6 years, all after legislative service; state Common School Fund Building Commission, 1953-64. Lost for U.S. House of Representatives, 1944. Freemason; Elks; American Legion; Eagles; state and national teachers associations; Secondary School Principals Association; National Council for the Social Studies; Progressive Education Association; Childhood Education Association; National Association of Professors in Educational Administration; Parent-Teachers Association; Kappa Delta Pi; Phi Delta Kappa. Exchange Club; Terre Haute Community Fund; Family Service Association. Author (with Edward E. Walker and Walter G. Beach): "American Democracy and Social Change" (New York, 1936); (with Marguerite Malm) "Adolescence" (New York, 1952); and co-authored 7 other books. Died June 20, 1977, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.


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