Bio – Stansbury, Robert James

Stansbury, Robert James (Jim)
Jim Stansbury (photo by Howard Hiner)

Stansbury, Robert James

Born: March 31, 1927

Died: February 9, 2010


Education:

  • Charleston High School (1944)
  • University of Mississippi Naval Reserve Officer Training
  • Studied at West Virginia University
  • West Virginia Wesleyan College (1948)
  • Bachelor of Divinity, Garrett Biblical Institute (1951)

Served:

  • Director of Alumni Affairs and Public Relations 1954-1959
  • Director of Alumni Affairs 1959-1960
  • Director of Alumni Affairs and Assistant to the President 1960-1961
  • Assistant to the President 1961-1963
  • Director of Campus Center and Campus Coordinator 1963-1978
  • Personnel Director 1969-1970

Notes:

  • Ordained Methodist Minister
  • Served at Shiloh Methodist Church, Illinois
  • Worked with the Young Men’s Christian Association in Leakesville, NC 1952-1953
  • Moved to Buckhannon in February of 1953
  • Son of Harry A. Stansbury (Class of 1916) and Ada George Stansbury
  • Family gave money for the Apostle Philip statue, carved by Wolfgang Flor, in memory of Harry and in honor of Ada.

Sources:

  • Catalogs
  • Murmurmontis
  • Stansbury, Ada George (1969) May Our Tribe Increase: The story of my life with Harry Adams Stansbury, my husband and our eight children

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PLM 6/18/2018