Dr. Harris William Dean

1909 - 2004  (94 years)

• Name	Harris William Dean  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	4 Mar 1909	Moores Hill, Dearborn, Indiana   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Feb 2004	Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Oak Grove Cemetery, Le Roy, McLean, Illinois   [2]
  Person ID	I136159	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	William Paulding Dean,   b. 13 Dec 1879, Petersburg, Boone, Kentucky d. 14 Aug 1955, Normal, McLean, Illinois (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Ethel Clyde Bruce,   b. 28 Apr 1882, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana d. 18 Jul 1963, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	17 Sep 1901	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana   [1]
  Family ID	F56553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Helen Irene Tuschhoff,   b. 9 Sep 1907, Mount Vernon, Gentry, Missouri d. 9 Jan 1982, Farmer City, DeWitt, Illinois (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	31 May 1936	Decatur, Macon, Illinois   [3]
  Children	1. Ronald Leroy Dean,   b. 3 Aug 1943, Indiana d. 4 Jan 2010, Macon, Bibb, Georgia (Age 66 years)   2. Martha Jane Dean
  Family ID	F123327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Emily Guilford
  Marriage	1993  [3]
  Family ID	F123332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2022

  
  

• Notes

  The Tampa Tribunee (FL) March 5, 2004 DEAN, Harris W., 94, died February 14, 2004 at John Knox Village Med Center in Tampa. Harris was born March 4, 1909 in Moore's Hill, Ind., the son of William P. and Ethel Bruce Dean. He married Helen Irene Tuschhoff in Decatur, Ill. on May 31, 1936. She preceded him in death on January 9, 1982. He later married Emily Guilford in 1993. She survives him. Two children, Martha Jane (Charles David) Outen of Dunedin, Fla., and Ronald LeRoy (Hilda) Dean of San Rafael, Calif.; his grandchildren in Florida and Georgia; as well as nieces and nephews in the LeRoy area also survive him. He attended Illinois State (Normal) University, where he starred in both football and basketball, serving as captain of both teams. After graduation, he taught english and history and served as basketball coach in several Illinois public schools. In 1936, he received the Master of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Iowa. He was Superintendent of Schools in Lexington, Ill. from 1939 until he entered the war in 1942. He joined the Navy and served four years as Chief Gunnery Officer aboard the Battleship USS North Carolina in the Pacific. He resumed his studies after the war and received an Advanced Masters in 1946 and a Doctorate in Education in 1947. He has also received Doctor of Humane Letters degrees from the University of South Florida in 1972 and Campbell University in North Carolina in 1979. In 1947, he became Director of Student Teaching at Ball State Teacher's College in Muncie, Ind., and left after a year to head the Department of Educational Administration at Florida State University in Tallahassee. In 1960, he joined the newly created University of South Florida and served as Dean of Academic Affairs and Vice-President. He also served as Acting President of the University. He retired in 1972 and divided his time for the next ten years between Tampa and LeRoy. He was active in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, serving on numerous committees for many years. For his last twenty years, Harris was a resident of John Knox Village.

  
  

• Sources

  [S66193] Ancestry.com, Littlefield Family Tree. [S71628] Cemetery index, Oak Grove Cemetery, Le Roy, McLean, Illinois, (Find-a-Grave). [S71648] Obituary, The Tampa Tribunee (FL), Harris W. Dean, (March 5, 2004).