Charles Friley

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Charles Friley

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Charles Edwin Friley (August 27, 1887 – July 11, 1958) was the 9^th president of ISU. Born to William Christopher & Ellen Douglas Friley.

[edit] Education

• Sam Houston Teachers College (1905)
• Baylor University (1905 – 1907)
• BS Texas A&M University (1912)
• MS Columbia University (1923)

[edit] Achievements

• Registrar of Texas A&M University (1912 – 1924)
• Dean of School of Arts & Sciences at Texas A&M University (1924 – 1932)
• Dean of the Division of Science at ISU (1932 – 1935)
• Vice-president of ISU (1935 – 1936)
• 9^th president of ISU from 1936 to 1953
  • Term lasted from the end of the Great Depression through World War II
  • Established the first educationally-owned/operated television station
• Honorary doctorate from ISU (1958)
• Mason
• Fellow of the Iowa Academy of Science
• National Council of Presbyterian Men
• Iowa State Fair Board
• Iowa Geological Society
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Phi Mu Alpha

He was married three times:

• 1913 to Nina Lynn Wood whom died in 1918 but had two sons: Charles Edwin, Jr. & William Alva
• 1921 to Vera Foreman whom died in 1947 but had one daughter: Frances Foreman (Kuyper)
• 1951 to Magdalen Ranney

[edit] References

• Charles E. Friley Papers, Dates, RS 2/9, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.