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John Broadus Hathorn

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John Broadus Hathorn

Birth
Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi, USA
Death
18 Jun 1936 (aged 40)
Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA
Burial
Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
A5 Adickes Addition
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Hathorn earned degrees from Rice Institute (now University) (BA, 1918; MA, 1922) and took post-graduate courses at the University of Chicago, Duke University, and the University of Texas at Austin.

Following teaching positions in Houston, Chicago, and at the University of the Redlands (1925-27), Hathorn became an Associate Professor of Education at Sam Houston State Teachers College (now State University) in 1927. He left Huntsville in 1933 and worked briefly in Austin before returning to Huntsville in 1936.

He was active in outdoors sports – golf and baseball – and a musician, playing in college bands and the Redlands Symphony. He was the son of William E. and Nancy Reddoch Hathorn.

A student residence (existing 1961-2001) was later named in his honor.
Hathorn earned degrees from Rice Institute (now University) (BA, 1918; MA, 1922) and took post-graduate courses at the University of Chicago, Duke University, and the University of Texas at Austin.

Following teaching positions in Houston, Chicago, and at the University of the Redlands (1925-27), Hathorn became an Associate Professor of Education at Sam Houston State Teachers College (now State University) in 1927. He left Huntsville in 1933 and worked briefly in Austin before returning to Huntsville in 1936.

He was active in outdoors sports – golf and baseball – and a musician, playing in college bands and the Redlands Symphony. He was the son of William E. and Nancy Reddoch Hathorn.

A student residence (existing 1961-2001) was later named in his honor.


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