Grover C. Huckaby, Red River Parish, Louisiana
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Grover C. Huckaby, the son of Morgan Pinckney C. Huckaby and Martha E. Turnbow Huckaby, was born 
in Red River Parish, July 3, 1884, he entered the Louisiana State University in 1903, and was 
graduated with high honors in 1907 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.  A short time before his 
graduation he became a member of the university faculty, and during the following year he served 
as instructor in mathematics and as assistant commandant.

In 1908 he was awarded the Rhodes scholarship at Oxford University, England.  The three years he 
spent at Oxford were devoted to the study of the social sciences, especially anthropology, and 
research on the race problem in the South.  While abroad he traveled extensively.  In Europe he 
visited the centers of learning and historic places of interest.  He also toured Oriental 
countries, studying social problems.

On his return to Louisiana in 1911 Mr. Huckaby next engaged in high school work, serving as 
assistant principal of the Baton Rouge High School in 1911-12 and principal of the Shreveport 
High School in 1912-13.  In July, 1913, Governor Hall appointed him superintendent of the 
Louisiana State School for the Blind.  He made such a creditable record by his reorganization 
of this institution that in 1916 he was appointed superintendent of the Louisiana State School 
for the Deaf, which position he still holds.  His administration of these two institutions has 
been so efficient that he has been recognized as conducting two of the most successful 
institutions of their kind.  Under his progressive management and through his energy and 
initiative the Louisiana State School for the Deaf has taken on new life.  Extensive 
improvements have been made in the school plant, the standard of educational work has been 
steadily advanced, and the morale of the institution is second to none.  Mr. Huckaby has 
proved himself to be a man of vision, a leader in thought and action in his chosen field.  The 
service he has rendered in his constructive educational work is of far reaching value to the 
state.  He has an inspiring personality, due to his high character and ideals, which well fits 
him for his work as an educator.  He has been an active supporter of every movement for civic 
or social progress. Fraternally he is a Knights Templar, Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner.

In 1911 Mr. Huckaby married Miss Anita Dalton Jones, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Philip H. 
Jones, of Baton Rouge. Mr. and Mrs. Huckaby have a son, Philip Jones Huckaby, who was born 
November 13, 1919.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 74, by Henry E. Chambers.  
Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925. 

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