Joy E. Morgan

(1899-1986) born in Callaway, Custer County, lived in Upland and Peru. Educator and editor, founded NEA Journal in 1921 and served as editor and head of the National Education Association division of publications until 1954, authored or edited "Personal Growth Leaflets" that had a circulation of over 34 million copies among Boy and Girl Scouts of America groups and other organizations, co-founder of Future Teachers of America, and a founder and former president of Senior Citizens of America. Consult Current Biography (1946) 417-418 and Washington Post obituary, April 26, 1986, p. B-6.

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