HAWLEY, Dr. James F. "Jim"
SANDERSON, HAWLEY, JACOBSON
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/16/2016 at 00:29:35
Biography of Dr. James F. "Jim" Hawley
Graceland University, Lamoni, IowaJames F. "Jim" Hawley was born on July 6, 1938, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Francis Hale and Katherine Marie (Sanderson) Hawley. He attended Fort Scott Junior College, and complted his B.A. in 1960 and M.A. in 1961, both at Kansas State College at Pittsburg. Jim attended the University of Missouri-Columbia and obtained his Ph.D. rom the University of Iowa in 1979.
Jim joined the Graceland math faculty in 1964, eventually succeeding Ned Jacobson as coordinator of the mathematics department. He served as sponsor for the Alpha Phi Omega Club and in 1966 sponsored the initial season of the Graceland men's volleyball club.
When the first Hewlett-Packard computers arrived on campus, Jim became coordinator of academic computing at Graceland, performing in that role from 1977 to 1994. He was also part of the team that obtained Graceland's first Title II grant during the 1980's.
Outside of the classroom, Jim was an active member of Lamoni's RLDS congregaton. Jim married his wife Marie on August 19, 1972.
Jim's great-uncle, Eber Pierce Hawley (1860-1932) was a gardner at Graceland.
NOTE: Jim died on October 1, 2004, at Lamoni. He was interred at Rose Hill Cemetery.
SOURCES:
Goehner, David. “The Graceland College Book of Knowledge: From A To Z.” Pp. 413-14. Herald House. Independence MO. 1997.
Rose Hill Cemetery transcription
Transcription and note by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2013; updated January of 2016
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