BOARD of TRUSTEES, PRESIDENTS, FACULTYGraceland University, Lamoni, Iowa |
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Early Development of Graceland
College Graceland's articles of incorporation were first read on December 31, 1888. The college was finally established by General Conference Resolution Number 335 on April 11, 1890, empowering the committee to make all necessary arrangements toward the establishment of an educational institution. Members of the first official committee, who were appointed by General Conference Resolution Number 334, were: president Bishop G. A. Blakeslee, treasurer David Dancer and secretary Robert Winning. Edmund L. Kelley and Robert Winning were the committee on subscription lists. The first Board of Directors, then known as the “College Board,” was appointed by General Conference Resolution Number 339 on April 11, 1895, and convened for the first time on April 30, 1895. They were renamed the Board of Trustees on May 2, 1895. The name “Graceland College” became official on May 2, 1895 when the Board of Trustees cast their vote and approval. Board of Directors RLDS General Conference Resolution Number 339, passed on April 11, 1895, appointed Graceland's first Board of Directors, then called the College Board. The original articles of incorporation stated that at least two of the board members should not be members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and that the board shall be non-sectarian. Members of the first board were: chairman Joseph Smith III, secretary Daniel F. Lambert, W. W. Blair, P. P. Kelley, James R. Smith, Alex H. Smith, Dr. J. H. Hansen, E. A. Blakeslee and Edmund L. Kelley. P. P. Kelley and James R. Smith were the members who did not belong to the RLDS Church. The Board of Directors assumed the task of overseeing the specific educational functions of the college. The Board of Trustees handled the college's funding. The first Board of Directors meeting was held on June 6, 1895 at 9 a.m. in the Herald House office. J. H. Hansen was chosen as the temporary chairman and Daniel F. Lambert was named as temporary secretary. During the meeting, Joseph Smith was elected as the permanent chairman and Daniel Lambert as permanent secretary. The group also drew for their terms with two-year terms going to Daniel Lambert, A. H. Smith and J. R. Smith; and, three-year terms going to P. P. Kelley, Edmund Kelley and J. H. Hansen. W. W. Blair, Joseph Smith and E. A. Blakeslee drew one-year terms. J. H. Hansen, Edmund Kelley and Daniel Lambert were named to the committee on scholarships and course of study. The committee on instructors and teachers consisted of Daniel Lambert and P. P. Kelley – Edmund Kelley and J. R. Smith were added to this committee on July 10th. The advertising committee was Joseph Smith, J. R. Smith and Edmund Kelley. The Board of Directors met in the Administration (College) Building on June 25, 1896, which was before the building had been completed. Joseph Smith resigned as the board's president on July 2, 1899, but continued as a board member. By action of the RLDS General Conference of April 1900, the Board of Directors merged with the Board of Trustees. Board of Trustees The Board of Trustees first met as Graceland College Building Committee on April 30, 1895 at 10 a.m. in the Herald House office. They elected the following officers: chairman Joseph Smith III, secretary D. F. Nicholson, and treasurer William Anderson. Also present was Edmund L. Kelley; Robert Winning, E. A. Blakeslee and Ellis Short were absent. On May 2, 1895, the board's third meeting held at 1 p.m. at the Herald House office, the committee officially approved the name “Graceland College.” During this meeting the committee became known as the Board of Trustees and selected membership terms by ballot. Three-year terms went to E. A. Blakeslee and Ellis Short; two-year terms went to William Anderson and Joseph Smith III; and, one-year terms went to Edmund L. Kelley, Daniel Anderson and Robert Winning. Joseph Smith remained the board's president; D. F. Nicholson, not officially a member of the board, became the secretary; and William Anderson was named treasurer. Those who were present for this meeting were Joseph Smith III, Edmund L. Kelley, William Anderson and Daniel Anderson. By action of the RLDS General Conference of April 1900, the Board of Directors merged with the Board of Trustees. Original members of the newly combined board were: president William Anderson, secretary I. W. Allender, treasurer Daniel Anderson, Jeremiah A. Gunsolley, J. H. Hansen, R. M. Elvin and William Leeka. Beginning in 1978, the board's size went through several changes so that the group's background and expertise could expand. The Board of Trustees grew to a membership of 12 in 1978; a membership of 18 in 1986; and, a membership of 24 in 1990. |
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NOTE: The below lists represent what is known from available sources.
They are by no means a complete comprehensive list. Many have Biographies and Obituaries on the county message boards. |
| BOARD of TRUSTEES | |||||
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| DATE | TRUSTEE | DATE | TRUSTEE | DATE | TRUSTEE |
| 1895-1901 | William Anderson | 1895-1900 | W. W. Blair | 1895-1898 | E. A. Blakeslee |
| 1895-1897 | David Dancer | 1895-1900 | J. H. Hansen | 1895-1898 | Bishop Edmund Levi Kelley |
| 1895-1898 | Parley P. Kelley | 1895-1897 | Daniel F. Lambert | 1895-1897 | I. L. Rogers |
| 1895-1896 | Alexander H. Smith | 1895-1896 | James R. Smith | 1895-1898 | Joseph Smith III |
| 1895-1900 | Robert Winning | 1896-1897 | J. F. Burton | 1896-1898 | Frank Criley |
| 1896-1898 | A. H. Riggs | 1897-1907 | I. W. Allender | 1897-1898 | Joseph R. Lambert |
| 1898-1900 | G. H. Hilliard | 1898-1900 | R. S. Salyards | 1898-1900 | Ellis Short |
| 1900-1908 | R. M. Elvin | 1900-1910 | Jeremiah Alden Gunsolley | 1900-1902 | William Leeka |
| 1901-1913 | Daniel Anderson | 1901-1911 | F. M. Smith | 1901-1903 | John Smith |
| 1902-1903 | W. A. Hopkins | 1904-1912 | F. B. Blair | 1904-1905 | John W. Wight |
| 1913-1921 | |||||
| 1905-1907 | E. L. Kelley, Jr. | 1908-1910 | Frederick W. Newcomb | 1908-1909 | William Arthur Grenawalt |
| 1912-1914 | |||||
| 1909-1911 | R. J. Lambert | 1910- | Heman C. Smith | 1911-1915 | Samuel Allen "Sam" Burgess |
| 1911-1920 | Albert Carmichael | 1911- | Clarence F. Smith | 1911-1925 | A. Max Carmichael |
| 1912-1949 | John Franklin Garver | 1912-1922 | Thomas A. Hougas | 1914-1919 | G. R. Wells |
| 1915-1922 | C. B. Woodstock | 1916-1927 | George Nathanial Briggs | 1920; 1931 | Walter E. Hayer |
| 1922-1951 | Floyd Marion McDowell | 1922-1924 | C. E. Wight | 1925-1929 | Mrs. George Mesley |
| 1935-1937 | |||||
| 1948-1965 | |||||
| 1925- | Vida Elizabeth (Smith) Smith Yates | 1926-1931 | W. E. Prall | 1928-1935 | Bishop G. L. DeLapp |
| 1930-1934 | Mary "Audentia" (Smith) Anderson | 1932-1951 | Dr. Charles F. Grabske, Sr. | 1932-1937 | D. Blair Jensen |
| 1934-1937 | Bishop Nathaniel "Ray" Carmichael | 1936-1967 | Verne L. Deskin | 1938-1941 | Arthur Burdette Church |
| 1938-1946 | Lonzo Jones | 1938-1947 | Mrs. B. F. Moats | 1942-1947 | Howard Andersen |
| 1946-1953 | Lawrence Brockway | 1948-1952 | Albert "Neal" Deaver | 1949- | Walter Johnson |
| 1950-1963 | L. F. P. Curry | 1952-1963 | Addison Brown | 1952-1965 | D. R. Carmichael |
| 1951-1963 | Earl Terril Higdon | 1952-1957 | Franklin Parsons | 1953-1958 | Howard V. Meredith |
| 1954-1969 | Ronald Smith | 1958-1959 | Donald E. Manuel | 1958-1967 | L. Merle Spence |
| 1964- | |||||
| 1960- | Dan E. Waite | 1964-1967 | Herbert C. Lively | 1964-1976 | Malcolm L. Ritchie |
| 1965- | William A. Piedimonte | 1966-1970 | Mrs. Deane Edwards | 1967- | Donald D. Landon |
| 1968- | S. Turner Allen | 1968- | Linden E. Wheeler | 1969-1970 | Franklin Graybill |
| 1970- | Deam H. Ferris | 1972- | Ruth O. Bradley | 1980-1994 | Margaret McKevit |
| 1985-1988 | Dwight Charles Vredenburg | 2006-2012 | Barbara J. Higdon | ||
| -2016 | Robert G. "Bob" Ackerley | -2016 | Hon. Leonard L. Boswell | -2016 | Denise Dudley Ph.D. |
| -2016 | Sharon Graybill | -2016 | W. Gary Howard | -2016 | Karen Jewell, J.D. |
| -2016 | Samuel G. "Sam" Smalldon | -2016 | Michelle Waite | -2018 | Harry J. Ashenhurst |
| -2018 | Laurie Heintz | -2018 | Michael D. Lewis, J.D. | -2018 | Dale W. Lick, Ph.D. |
| -2018 | Kay Johnson Mussell, Ph.D. | -2018 | Becky Savage | -2018 | Mickey Seeman |
| -2018 | K. Michael "Mike" Zabel, M.D. | -2020 | Sue Bevington | -2020 | John A. "Jack" Cave |
| -2020 | Ronald E. "Ron" Gillilan, M.D. | -2020 | Cherry M. Hartnett | -2020 | Tom Hiles |
| -2020 | Sue Johnson | -2020 | David Seda | -2020 | John Sheehy |
| -2020 | Dennis Shields, J.D. | -2020 | Robert L. "Bob" White | Orman Brooner | |
| Merle Reid Harmon, Sr. | |||||
| PRESIDENTS and ACTING PRESIDENTS | |||||
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| DATE | PRESIDENT | DATE | PRESIDENT | DATE | PRESIDENT |
| 1895-1897 | Thomas Jefferson Fitzpatrick* | 1897-1898 | Joseph Thomas Pence | 1898-1899 | Ernest R. Dewsnup |
| 1903-1905 | |||||
| 1899-1901 | Richard A. Harkness | 1901-1902 | Herbert Spencer Salisbury** | 1902-1903 | Clifton O. Taylor** |
| 1902-1903 | Charles Marr Barber** | 1905-1908 | Rolland M. Stewart | 1908-1909 | David Allen Anderson |
| 1909-1913 | Jeremiah Alden Gunsolley** | 1913-1915 | Samuel Allen Burgess | 1915-1944 | George Nathaniel Briggs |
| 1944-1946 | Alva Richard "Willie" Gilbert** | 1946-1957 | Edmund John "Ed" Gleazer, Jr. | 1951-1953 | Roy Arthur Cheville** |
| 1956 | William S. "Bill" Gould | 1958-1964 | Harvey Grice | 1964-1966 | Earl Terril Higdon** |
| 1957-1958 | |||||
| 1966-1974 | William T. "Bill" Higdon | 1974-1975 | Velma Ruch** | 1975-1977 | Gerald L. Knutson |
| 1992-1997 | |||||
| 1977-1980 | Franklin Scott "Frank" Hough | 1980-1984 | Joe E. Hanna | 1984-1991 | Barbara J. Higdon |
| 1997-2002 | Dr. David L. Clinefelter | 2002-2006 | Dr. John K. Menzies | 2006-2007 | Dr. Steven L. Anders ** |
| 2007-2017 | Dr. John D. Sellars | 2017- | Dr. Patricia H. Draves | ||
| * Senior Professor; ** Acting President | |||||
| FACULTY | |||||
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| Faculty roster to June 1, 1972. Faculty members beyond 1972 as known | |||||
| * Faculty Emeriti | |||||
| DATE | PROFESSOR | DATE | PROFESSOR | DATE | PROFESSOR |
| 1956-1965 | Carol (Langton) Adams | 1903-1904 | L. F. Affhauser | 1964-1965 | Marilee Aldana |
| Foreign Language | Accounting & Law | Business | |||
| 1913-1914 | Enid Alexander | 1989- | Steven Lee Anders | 1901-1902 | Audentia (Smith) Anderson |
| Violin | Economics | Piano | |||
| Chair Social Science | |||||
| 1908-1909 | David Allen Anderson | 1959-1960 | Eloise (Rutkowski) Anderson | 1945 | Henry A. Anderson |
| Education | Education | Music | |||
| 1903-1907 | J. P. Anderson | 1935-1936 | Dr. Ralph V. Andes | 1971-1991 | Catherine M. Anthony * |
| 1911-1912 | Science | Chemistry | Nursing | ||
| 1917-1942 | Joseph Herman Anthony | 1908-1913 | Pauline Anthony | 1923-1924 | Margaret I. Armstrong |
| Band and Orchestra | (Mrs. Hugo H. Gold) | Voice | |||
| Shorthand & Typing | |||||
| 1978-1997 | William L. Armstrong * | 1966- | Thomas "Tom" Ashbaugh | 1978-1997 | Shirley Morgan Atkinson * |
| Education | Instrumental Music | Nursing | |||
| 1966-1976 | Madeline R. Ballantyne | 1966-1968 | Clarke Ballinger | 1967 | Garold Barney |
| English; head Librarian | Education | Social Sciences | |||
| 1970 | John Barr | 1911-1912 | Helen Bates | 1967-1968 | Joan Becker |
| Psychology | Voice | English | |||
| 1967 | Ronald Becker | 1925-1927 | Laura Ellen Bell | 1971 | Kathleen Bennett |
| Chemistry | English | Nursing | |||
| 1944-1979 | Roy Jenkin Benson | 1964-1968 | Frank Benwell | 1919-1963 | Johannes C. Bergman |
| Piano, Music | Language | Romance Languages | |||
| 1970- | Dayle Bethel | 1910-1911 | Erma R. Bishop | 1955-1994 | Alma R. Blair * |
| Sociology | English, History | History | |||
| 1896-1900 | Mrs. Viola Blair | 1967- | Burdina (Root) Bobbitt | 1967-1988 | Ralph A. Bobbitt |
| Vocal Music | English | Psychology | |||
| 1918-1919 | Anne M. Bodensieck | 1942-1945 | Elizabeth L. Boldenweck | 1970-2005 | Dr. Gerald Lynn "Gerry" Bolingbroke |
| Romance Languages | Voice | Physics, Computer Eng. | |||
| 1907-1909 | Maud Alena Bond | 1965 | Raymond L. Booker | 1969-2000 | Howard John Booth * |
| Music | 1967-1971 | Education | Religion | ||
| 1908-1909 | Lillian Dale Brackney | 1915-1944 | George Nathaniel. Briggs | 1971 | Karen Brumley |
| English, Oratory | History; Political Science | Nursing | |||
| 1910-1911 | Lola May Buckingham | 1969 | Dr. Raymonde A. Bulger * | 1917-1918 | Alice May (Chase) Burgess |
| Voice | French | English, Education | |||
| 1920-1922 | Bertha (Mrs. Harold) Burgess | 1913-1915 | Samuel Allen Burgess | 1923-24 | Edith Burlingim |
| Voice | President | Piano, Harmony | |||
| 1969 | Mildred (Robinson) Camp Smith | 1921-1945 | Mabel (Carlile) Hyde | 1923-1925 | A. Max Carmichael |
| Nursing | 1955-1961 | Public School Music | Religious Education | ||
| 1923-1938 | Nathaniel "Ray" Carmichael | 1934-1937 | Anna J. Carrel | 1925-1926 | Jean Carrott |
| Business Manager | Piano | Romance Languages | |||
| 1946-1960 | Dr. Richard A. "Dick" Carter | 1964-1967 | Ronald Carter | 1907-1908 | Beulah A. Chamberlain |
| Coach; Education | Physics | Shorthand & Typing | |||
| 1968 | E. Wayne Chandler | 1923-1960 | Dr. Roy A. Cheville | 1959 | Dr. Christy E. Christenson |
| Business | Social Science, Religion | French; Spanish | |||
| 1917-1920 | Arthur Burdette Church | 1929-1930 | Marcella M. Clark | 1971- | Melvin Kauila Clark |
| Radio | Voice | Art; Ceramics; Sculpture | |||
| 1931-1959 | Eugene Enoch Closson | 1965-1987 | Jim Closson | 1931-1959 | Judy (Travis) Closson |
| Psychology, Social Science | Education; Administration | Women's Phys. Ed. | |||
| 1960-1977 | Richard Iven Clothier * | 1896-1904 | Ruth Adele Lyman Cobb | 1926-1937 | Charlotte Condit |
| 1980-2000 | Music | (Mrs. Frederick M. Smith) | English | ||
| Elocution & Physical Culture | |||||
| 1954 | Harold Lloyd Condit | 1948- | Doris Conklin | Gaylen Coop | |
| Education | Psychology | Art | |||
| 1971 | Anne Cooper | ||||
| Nursing | |||||
| 1971-1983 | Kenneth "Ken" Cooper | 1916-1923 | Paul N. Craig | 1970-1971 | John Dacus |
| Music | History of Music | English | |||
| 1907-1908 | Orin V. Davison | 1903-1905 | Mrs. Delia B. Davies | 1896-1898 | Nellie Davis |
| Mathematics, History | Instrumental & Vocal Music | Instrumental Music | |||
| 1941-1943 | Elizabeth Day | 1938-1946 | A. Neal Deaver | 1959 | Richard DeLong |
| College Nurse | Business Manager | Biology | |||
| 1952 | Harry Dennis | 1987-2012 | Jerome D. DeNuccio * | 1937-1938 | Ruth C. Derry |
| Education, Boys Basketball Coach | English | (partial) | Home Economics | ||
| 1937-1947 | Bertha Deskin | 1928-1944 | Ethelyn A. Dewey | 1897-1900 | Ernest Ritson Dewsnup |
| Secretarial Science | Education | 1903-1905 | History, Literature, Economics | ||
| 1967- | William E. "Bill" Dudek | 1964-1967 | Richard Dunshee | 1909-1910 | Coralie Eastwood |
| Education, Coach | Language | Voice, History of Music | |||
| 1969-1971 | Grace Ebeling | 1968 | Adolphus H. Edwards | 1959 | John A. Edwards * |
| English | Physical Education | Biology | |||
| 1960-1965 | Paul M. Edwards * | 1968-1972 | Richards Edwards | 1918-1920 | F. V. Elliott |
| 1966- | History, Philosophy | Business | Mathematics, Science | ||
| 1960- | Charles M. Emslie | 1951- | Marybeth Evans * | 1934-1960 | Roscoe O. Faunce |
| Physics | Education | Speech | |||
| 1916-1917 | Genevieve Fellands | 1914-1915 | Aura Belle Fike | 1923-1928 | Ruth Viola Fisher |
| Piano, Harmony | Oratory | Speech | |||
| 1897-1900 | Mary F. (Linder) Fitzpatrick | 1895-1899 | T. J. Fitzpatrick | 1960-1966 | Robert Flanders |
| 1908-1912 | Modern Languages | 1908-1912 | Science | History | |
| 1960-1966 | Sally Flanders | 1979-2003 | Leslie "Les" Ford | 1979-2003 | Mark H. Forscutt |
| English | Spanish | English Literature; History | |||
| 1907-1908 | Hannah Frank | 1960-1997 | Tom S. Freeman * | 1928-1929 | Bertha M. Fritzsche |
| Languages | Psychology, Education | Home Economics | |||
| 1st Dean of Women | |||||
| preceptress of Marietta Hall | |||||
| 1965-1969 | Albert Fuller | 1880-1891 | Zadia Gaines | 1973-1996 | Arthur Leslie "Les" Gardner * |
| Sociology | 1902-1914 | Oratory | History | ||
| 1939-1943 | Lucille M. (Garrett) Higdon | 1968- | Catherine Wilder Gates | 1925-1928 | Mrs. Esther Gates |
| 1965 | Psychology, Dean of Women | Psychology | Dean of Women | ||
| 1968-1971 | George Gates | 1924-1926 | Doris Gieselman | 1921-1942 | Alva R. "Willie" Gilbert |
| Physical Education | Voice | Physical Education, Stenography, Psychology | |||
| 1926-1931 | Frances Frazier [Mrs. A.R. Gilbert] | 1934-1935 | Maxine Godfrey | 1907-1908 | Hugo H. Gold |
| Physical Education | Physical Education | 1921-1926 | Teacher Training | ||
| 1945 | Delmar Goode | 1945 | Charlotte Gould | 1939-1969 | William S. Gould |
| Chemistry | English | Speech, English | |||
| 1961-1994 | Bruce M. Graybill * | 1969 | Ruby Griffiths | 1895-1901 | Jeremiah A. Gunsolley |
| Chemistry | Education | 1904-1926 | Commercial | ||
| 1915-1916 | Marjorie (Gunsolley) Anway | 1968-1969 | Arthur Hamann | 1969 | Barbara Hamann |
| Typing | Religion | Education | |||
| 1960-2010 | Gerald E. "Jerry" Hampton * | 1965 | Helen (Russell) Hampton | 1968-1971 | Kathleen "Kathy" Hancock |
| Physical Education | Physical Education | Secretarial Science | |||
| 1966-1968 | C. Lyle Hanson | 1999-2009 | Dan Hanton | 1941-1944 | Joy Harder (Mrs. Edwin Browne) |
| Chemistry | Women's Basketball Coach; | Piano, Organ | |||
| Athletic Director | |||||
| 1899-1901 | Richard A. Harkness | 1901-1904 | Mina Cook Hart | 1986-2010 | Thomas J. Hart * |
| Ancient Languages | Normal, Preparatory | Music | |||
| 1923-1930 | Oren Hartschen | 1965 | Nicholas L. Hartwig * | 1953 | David Haseltine |
| Agriculture; Chemistry | 1967-2000 | Botony; Zoology; Horticulture | Education | ||
| 1899-1901 | Eleanore Hatch | 1927-1929 | Frances Hatch | 1965-1967 | James C. Hathaway |
| Classics | Voice | Librarian | |||
| 1966-1968 | Maurice G. Hausheer | 1964 | James F. "Jim" Hawley | 1933-1935 | Gladys Marie Hays |
| Political Science | Mathematics; Computer Science | History, Librarian | |||
| 1994-2003 | William E. Heath * | 1966-1982 | Clayton G. Henry * | 1963- | Barbara J. Higdon |
| Business Administration | Physical Education, Math | English | |||
| 1935-1940 | Earl Terril Higdon | 1963 | William "Bill" Higdon | 1909-1910 | Alma Elizabeth Hilliard |
| Economics, Business | Chemistry | Piano, Harmony | |||
| 1907-1908 | Henrietta H. Hofer | 1919-1920 | Dagmar M. Holm | 1920-1921 | David W. Hopkins |
| Voice | Language | Public Speaking | |||
| 1908-1919 | Roy V. Hopkins | 1965- | Franklin "Frank" Hough | 1956-1959 | Lois Houston |
| History; Ancient Languages | Economics | 1965-1966 | Secretarial Science | ||
| 1st Men's Dean* | 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1972 | |||||
| 1956- | Oliver "Ollie" Houston | 1967-1969 | William Howard | 1967-1968 | Carol Hunt |
| Music | Sociology | English | |||
| 1967 | Larry Hunt | 1930-1942 | Linna Elizabeth Hunt | 1968 | Frank Hunter |
| History | Voice | Music | |||
| 1955-1985 | Mabel (Carlile) Hyde * | 1955-1985 | Winston Inslee * | 1968-1969 | David M. Irby |
| Music | Theatre and Speech | Religion | |||
| 1912-1918 | Charles E. Irwin | 1933-1934 | Ned L. Jacobson | 1903-1905 | Carolyn B. Jarvins |
| 1920-1923 | History | 1940-1941 | Mathematics; Pre-engineering | Latin, German | |
| 1968 | Charles Jenkins | 1975-2004 | Mary Jean Jeanae * | 1969 | Leonard Johnson |
| Research Professor | Education | Mathematics | |||
| 1965-1991 | Robert L. Johnson * | 1921-1923 | Willamena Johnson | 1959-1962 | Stanley Johnson |
| Psychology; Education | Physical Education | Psychology | |||
| 1936-1937 | Alma (Allison) Jones | 1938-1939 | Hazel Jones | 1917-1920 | Lonzo Jones |
| Home Economics | Home Economics | 1921-1928 | Dean, Philosophy | ||
| 1917-1920 | William Jones | 1928-1930 | Ruth Jergens | 1974-2009 | William E. Bill Juhnke, Jr. * |
| 1921-1928 | Biology | Piano | History | ||
| 1946-1971 | Iola Kaestner | 1902-1903 | Evelyn (Gurley) Kane | 1942-1944 | Marion G. Katzmann |
| Home Economics | Elocution; Oratory | Band and Orchestra | |||
| 1906-1907 | E. Belle Kelley | 1912-1916 | Laura B. Kelley (Mrs. John R. Green) | 1904-1905 | R. C. Kelley |
| English | School of Music Director | Classics | |||
| 1897-1898 | T. J. Kelley | 1969 | Sook C. Kim | 1969-1979 | Young Bae Kim |
| History; Literature | English | Political Science | |||
| 1980-2010 | Sherri M. Kirkpatrick * | 1966-1969 | Philip Klamm | 1967-1969 | Shirley Klamm |
| Nursing | Physics | Language | |||
| 1912-1918 | Mabel Knipschild | Bethel (Davis) Knoche | 1967-1969 | Bruce Koehler | |
| (Mrs. Henry C. Smith) | Music | English | |||
| Modern Languages, German | |||||
| Home Economics | |||||
| 1964- | Aarona Kohlman | 1906-1907 | Bertha Kriechbaum | 1968 | Gerald Raymond Kruse |
| English | Latin; German | History; Librarian | |||
| 1910-1912 | Helena J. (Lambert) Graham | 1918-1919 | Helene Laura Landsberg | 1958-1969 | Harry Eugene Larche |
| Public Speaking | History; Political Science | Physical Education; Coach | |||
| 1906-1908 | John A. Larson | 1919-1921 | Esther Irene Layton | 1915-1916 | Ferol O. Leggette |
| Science; Preparatory School | 1923-1925 | English | Oratory; Voice | ||
| 1971 | Gaile Lerner | 1971 | Patrick Lesley | 1924-1929 | Eva Zerline Lewers |
| Nursing | English | Education | |||
| 1913-1914 | Jesse Lewis | 1896-1899 | Mary Frances Linder | 1980-1985 | Richard K. Lindgren * |
| History | 1908-1912 | (Mrs. J. Fitzpatrick) | 2002-2008 | Business | |
| German, French | |||||
| 1969-1972 | Angelica Lissarrague | 1946-1948 | Herbert C. Lively | 1926-1937 | Mary Louise Lloyd |
| Spanish | Music | Voice | |||
| 1900-1901 | Alida Logan | 1962-1966 | Harry Lorance | 1936-1941 | R. J. Lubsen |
| Commercial | Education | Engineering | |||
| 1929-1934 | Rae Lysinger | 1967 | Thomas Mann | 1929-1935 | Beryl A. May |
| (Mrs. Colin Ferrett) | German | Business Administration | |||
| Piano | |||||
| 1921-1922 | Virgie McCray | 1911-1925 | Floyd McDowell | 1982-1925 | Stewart Lynn "Stew" McDole |
| Home Economics | Education | Health; Physical Education; Coach | |||
| 1907-1908 | Alice Heathcote McElrath | 1921-1926 | Vivian McElroy | 1962-1967 | Harold McKain |
| Oratory; English | (Mrs. Lyman Johnston) | Education | |||
| Foreign Language | |||||
| 1966-1976 | Margaret McKevit | 1916-1918 | Eva G. McNamara | 1967-1972 | Gary Meacham |
| Nursing | French | Art | |||
| 1987- | Barbara (Hiles) Mesle | 1980- | C. Robert "Bob" Mesle | 1898-1900 | Grace K. Meigs |
| English | Philosophy; Religion | Vocal Music | |||
| 1898-1900 | A. H. Mills | 1911-1913 | Guy F. Mintun | 1918-1919 | Wayne Monroe |
| Instrumental Music | Accountancy | Home Economics | |||
| 1935-1939 | Cleo Hanthorne Moon | 1940-1942 | Robert R. Moore | 1912-1915 | Anna Mae Morgan |
| 1940-1945 | English; Librarian | Economics | Voice | ||
| 1965-1973 | Nelle Morgan | 1928-1933 | Tess Morgan | 1968-1971 | Harvey Morter |
| Nursing | 1937-1965 | English | Biology | ||
| 1965-1988 | Betty W. Mortimore * | 1921-1965 | Roy Henry Mortimore | 1965-1970 | Roy Muir |
| Business; Biology | Mathematics; Science | English | |||
| 1984-2010 | Stephen K. Murdock * | 1953-1968 | Harold Neal | 1962-1964 | Margaret Neal |
| Mathematics | Music; Band; Orchestra; | Library; English | |||
| Chapel Choir | |||||
| 1959-1968 | Leland Negaard | 1952-1960 | Norman M. Nelson | 1917-1918 | Waldemar Noll |
| Religion | Chemistry | Science | |||
| 1984-2010 | William H. Norman * | 1924-1926 | Jessie Mae Norris | 1965 | Thomas "Tom" Nowlin |
| Sociology | Piano | Physical Education; Coach | |||
| 1939-1942 | Frank Noyes | 1987-2010 | Phyllis N. O'Daniels * | 1961-1962 | Lynn Robert Osborn |
| Violin | Education; Physical Education | Education | |||
| 1965-1967 | Arthur Palmer | 1978-1998 | Brenda S. Parkes * | 1968-1970 | Dale Paterno |
| Psychology | Nursing | Business | |||
| 1917-1923 | Belle Patterson | 1967- | Thomas C. Patton | 1895-1898 | Joseph Thomas Pence |
| Piano | Psychology | Latin, Greek | |||
| -2015 | Catherine Marie "Katie" Persall | 2008-2014 | Faren "Charles" Persall | 1968 | Donald Peterson |
| Gadget Dance team coach | Education; Psychology | Education | |||
| 1968 | Donald Peterson | 1965 | Vernon Peterson | 1920-1959 | Gustav Adolph Platz |
| Education | Spanish | Science | |||
| 1923-1936 | Lula Grace Porter | 1980- | Thomas Lee "Tom" Powell | 1967 | Henry Prager |
| (Mrs. N. Ray Carmichael) | Education; | Business Ad.; Economics | |||
| Home Economics | Director of Athletics | ||||
| 1908-1910 | Mildred Price | 1921-1924 | Hazel Putnam (Mrs. Sidney Phillips) | 1969-1970 | Carolyn Raiser |
| Ancient Languages | History | English | |||
| 1968- | William Raiser | 1960 | Bob N. Ramsey * | 1932-1934 | Beulah Reed |
| Sociology | 1968-2003 | Chemistry | B.A. May | ||
| English | |||||
| 1914-1916 | Clyde T. Reed | 1901-1908 | Esther Reimer | 1907-1908 | Agnes Remley |
| Mathematics | Shorthand | Mathematics | |||
| 1969 | Harold Rhode | 1899-1900 | Ella F. Rich | 1961-1963 | Franklin W. Rieske |
| Education | Shorthand | Engineering | |||
| 1923-1925 | Christine Roberts (Mrs. Herman Hausheer) | 1923-1928 | Forest A. Roberts | 1940-1967 | Ruth Elizabeth Roberts |
| English | Sociology | Home Economics | |||
| 1970 | Margaret Robohn | 1910-1911 | Ms. L. R. Rogers | 1911-1919 | Belle H. (Mrs. J. H.) Royce |
| Nursing | Psychology | Elementary & Preparatory | |||
| 1921-1924 | English Dean of Women (1909) | ||||
| matron of Patroness Hall | |||||
| 1946-1986 | Velma N. Ruch * | 1942- | Jerry C. Runkle | 1966-2007 | William Dean "Bill" Russell * |
| English | Business; Economics | History; Political Science; | |||
| Religion | |||||
| 1909-1917 | Christiana Salyards | 1962-1967 | Richard Sanderson | 1957- | Celia M. Schall |
| Bible Study; Religious; Pedagogy | Sociology | English; Drama; Speech | |||
| 1957-1994 | L. R. "Rod" Schall | 1926-1928 | Ruth Atwood Shank | 1987-2005 | Gaylord E. Shaw |
| Education; Coach | Home Economics | Biology | |||
| 1972 | Paula Shearer | 1968 | Sherman Sheppard | 1964-1967 | Donald Sheridan |
| Nursing | Physical Science | English | |||
| 1956-1967 | David Shippy | 1960 | William John "Jerry" Slayton | 1970 | Carmelita Smith |
| Physics | German | Nursing | |||
| 1899-1901 | Frederick Madison Smith | 1970-1971 | Kenneth Smith | 1919-1920 | Hyman Hale Smith |
| Physics; Mathematics | Business | History | |||
| 1969-1986 | Mildred Camp Smith | 1920-1925 | Ronald Kenneth "Ron" Smith | 1920-1925 | Vida E. Smith |
| Nursing | Mathematics; Computer Science | Dean of Women | |||
| 1927-1931 | Bessie C. Sodersten | 1962 | R. Robert Speaks | 1937-1938 | Luella K. Specht |
| Social Science | History, Religion; Education | Teacher Training | |||
| 1910-1911 | Bertha Steele | 1965 | Dennis R. Steele | 1913-1915 | L. W. Stegemen |
| Elementary & Preparatory Branches | Mathematics; Philosophy | Shorthand; Typing | |||
| 1906-1907 | Ida M. Stemmer | 1920-1921 | Mrs. C. A. Stevens | 1916-1917 | Florence Stevenson |
| Head of Music School | Director of Teacher Training | Piano | |||
| 1906-1908 | Rolland MacLaren Stewart | 1906-1908 | John Cameron "J.C." Stuart | 1913-1914 | Ira D. M. Stubbart |
| Education; Greek; English | Campus Minister | Mathematics; Science | |||
| 1916-1917 | L. G. Swanson | 1939-1940 | Agnes M. Swanstrom | 1958-1968 | Bruce Swoffer |
| Science | Librarian | Business | |||
| 1902 | Clifton O. Taylor | 1918-1919 | Olive A. Teeters | 1965-1971 | Christa Tegtmeyer |
| Football Coach | English | English | |||
| 1910-1911 | Olive B. Thomas | 1968- | Charles "Chuck" Thompson | 1928-1934 | Florence L. Thompson |
| 1916-1917 | (Mrs. Morris E. Mortimore) | History | Dramatics | ||
| 1922-1928 | Elementary & Preparatory | ||||
| English | |||||
| Diana Tilton | 1968-1982 | Millicent "Iola" Tordoff | 1918-1919 | Elizabeth Trachsel | |
| Nursing | Nursing | 1921-1923 | Librarian | ||
| 1992-2012 | Patricia K. Trachsel * | 1960-1964 | Edward L. Traver III | 1937-1941 | Edna A. Treat |
| Nursing | English | Piano; Keyboard | |||
| 1971-1990 | Glen E. Trullinger Sr. * | 1912-1913 | O. H. Truman | 1919-1921 | Claire Van Eaton |
| Business Education | Mathematics | Shorthand; Typing | |||
| 1965-1967 | Thomas Varghese | 1972 | Jorge S. Ventura | 1971-1972 | Stanley Vernon |
| Sociology | History | English | |||
| 1965- | George Waddell | 1930-1934 | Evan Henry Walden | 1906-1907 | Cora Walker |
| Art | Shop; Physical Education | Shorthand | |||
| 1970- | John Berkley Wallace | Nancy (Steinke) Wallace | 1910-1911 | Christina Waller | |
| English | English | Piano | |||
| 1967-1968 | Edward Warner | 1967-1968 | Judy Warner | 1926-1928 | Virginia Wary |
| Religion | English | Piano | |||
| 1937-1939 | Vida Ruth Watson | 1966 | N. James Weate | 1958-1985 | Betty L. (Thomas) Welch * |
| Psychology | Education | Physical Education | |||
| 1960-1962 | Charles Welch | 1959 | L. D. Weldon | 1969 | Terry Weldon |
| English | Physical Education | Social Welfare | |||
| 1908-1910 | Elizabeth Wellemeyer | 1969 | Bernice White | 1954-1967 | James White |
| Vocal Music | Nursing | Geography | |||
| 1969 | Loren White | 1919-1923 | June Whiting (Mrs. Leonard Lea) | 1906-1907 | Hugo J. Wichman |
| Religion | English; Speech; Dramatics | Mathematics | |||
| 1911-1912 | Marguerite L. Wickes | 1915-1921 | Cyril E. Wight | 1961-1987 | Darlene (Van Biber) Wight * |
| Piano | Shorthand | English; Speech | |||
| 1961-1987 | Lester Delin "Les" Wight | 1967-1969 | Joel Wight | 1918-1919 | Lt. R. A. Wight |
| Art | Political Science | Physical Education | |||
| 1929-1930 | Clara L. Williams | 1919-1931 | Lydia Elefson (Mrs. Thomas S. Williams) | 1924-1925 | Velva Williamson |
| Home Economics | Librarian | Physical Education | |||
| 1960-1962 | Cecil G. Willis | 1907-1926 | Charles B. Woodstock | 1969-1970 | Rosemary A. Yankers |
| Sociology | Manual Training | English | |||
| 1969- | Newell Yates | 1969-1970 | Davis Yost | 1969-1971 | Lloyd Young |
| Education | Art | Religion; Sociology | |||
| 1955-1970 | Clyde Youngs | 1935-1937 | Edith Yeargan | 1947- | Raymond D. Zinser |
| Psychology | English; Physical Education | Sociology; Religion | |||
| 1964-1965 | Merle W. Zirkle | ||||
| Psychology | |||||
| * Faculty Emeriti ** The title dean of dormitories was later changed to head resident and later still of residence hall director in 1994. | |||||
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SOURCES: Edwards, Paul M. "The Hilltop Where. . . An Informal
History of Graceland College." Venture Foundation. Lamoni IA. 1972.
Goehner, David. “The Graceland College Book of Knowledge: From A To Z.”
Herald House, Independence MO. 1997. NOTE: Graceland University expressly granted permission to Decatur County IAGenWeb to use photographs and materials for the sole purpose of this website. Please, extend courtesy toward Graceland University and Decatur County IAGenWeb ~ ask before you "borrow" from this site. Thank you. These pages have been updated and reformatted by Conni McDaniel Hall, October 2019 |
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