LAWRENCE WHEELER, JR.
(1898-1952)
Gibson County, Indiana


Father: Lawrence Wheeler, Sr.
Mother: Flora Massey

Lawrence Wheeler died November 9, 1952

    Lawrence Wheeler, Jr., professor of
journalism at Indiana University and a for-
mer member of the Indianapolis Star edito-
rial staff, died in his home in Bloomington,
Indiana. He was 54 years old.

    Death was due to complications of a
heart ailment from which Prof. Wheeler
had suffered for several years.

    He was born in Princeton November
25, 1898, son of the Late Lawrence
Wheeler, Sr. and Flora Massey Wheeler
Springer. He married June 17, 1922 in In-
dianapolis Miss Ruth White, daughter of
Dr. Thomas White, former chaplain of the
Indiana reformatory at Pendleton.

    A close friend of the late Ernie Pyle,
Prof. Wheeler was instrumental in estab-
lishing the Ernie Pyle scholarships of I.U.
Foundation. He was the first director of
the foundation, which administers scholar-
ship and research funds for the university,
serving in the position from 1944 to 1949.

    Prof. Wheeler was graduated from
I.U. in 1921. He then studied at Columbia
University and later worked at The Star for
3 years.

    He had been a consultant in fund-
raising activities of more than 200 educa-
tional, charitable and religious institutions
during the last 20 years. He also worked
with the Presbyterian Board of Christian
Education in providing building and en-
dowment funds for colleges under the con-
trol of the Presbyterian church.

    Prof. Wheeler was an avid historian
of early Hoosier life and I.U.'s past. A col-
lector of old books, he was instrumental in
obtaining a number of valuable manu-
scripts and documents for the I.U. library.
He wrote a weekly column of I.U. history
for the Bloomington Star-Courier.

    A veteran of World War I, he served
overseas. He served as consultant to the
US Treasury Dept. and sided in the organi-
zation of the Defense Savings plan from
which World War II loan campaigns were
developed.

    He was a Mason and member of the
Presbyterian Church, he was a charter
member of the Princeton post of the
American Legion and past president of the
Bloomington Kiwanis Club. He also had
served on the board of governors of the
Society of Indiana Pioneers and as director
of the Indiana Kiwanis Foundation.

    He is survived by the widow, Ruth,
and two children, Mrs. Jane Wheeler (Lyle)
Warrick and Lawrence Wheeler, III of Se-
attle, Washington and three grandchildren.



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