Lancaster County NeArchives Biographies.....Austin, Fuller Luzerne 1900 - 
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Fuller Luzerne Austin

Born at Hendley, Nebraska, December 8, 1900, Fuller Luzerne Austin is the son of
Fuller Arnold and Bertha (Hanning) Austin. His father, who was born at Dwight,
Illinois, August 13, 1878, is the owner of the Austin Advertising Company which
operates in thirteen states. His ancestry is traced to the New England States
prior to 1800. Bertha Hanning Austin was born at Hendley, also, and was a
teacher prior to her marriage. Her forebears were among the first settlers in Ohio.

Mr. Austin attended Hendley High School until 1915; was graduated from Lincoln
High School in 1917; received his A.B. from Nebraska in 1922 and his M.A. in
1926. During the World War he was a midshipman at the United States Naval
Academy 2 years. At the university he was a member of Phi Delta Kappa, Delta
Chi, and a member of the advertising staff of the school paper. He was also on
the advertising staff of the paper at Annapolis, and secretary of his class.

Since leaving College Mr. Austin has taught in the Waverly High School, been
superintendent of schools at Walton, superintendent of city schools at Gordon,
assistant state superintendent of schools; and deputy state superintendent of
public instruction, which position he now holds. He is the author of Waste in
Educational Expenditure in Nebraska (1927); co-author of Nebraska State Course
of Study on the Harmful Effects of Alcohol (1929) and State Aid to the Weak
Districts (1930).

On March 23, 1924, he was united in marriage to Wilmanette Love Drummond at
Council Bluffs. Mrs. Austin was born in Lincoln, November 23, 1924. They have
two children, Jean Marie, born March 2, 1925, and Fuller Arnold, born November
19, 1927. The family attends Vine Congregational Church at Lincoln.

Mr. Austin is a member of the Nebraska State Teachers Association, the Nebraska
Schoolmasters Club, the Masons, Eastern Star, and the Elks. Residence: Lincoln.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 
Nebraskana
Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932

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