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Source Collection
University of North Alabama Archives and Special Collections, University Collection-University Portraits, Individual: Presidents, LaGrange-Present, Collier Library
Identifier
UPI: 6.16/ UPI: 6.40
Description
Dr. James Albert Keller was born December 4, 1887, in Cullman, Alabama. He graduated from State Normal School in 1915. He taught in Cullman, Hanceville, and Arkadelphia schools until 1918 and was principal of Cullman County High School. He became superintendent of Cullman County schools from 1919-1921 and then became superintendent of Covington County schools from 1921-1935. In 1935, he was elected State Superintendent in Montgomery, Alabama. He served as President of the Alabama Education Association. In 1938, he was appointed the fifteenth president of Florence State Teachers College. He tragically died in an automobile accident along with his wife, Mariglen, in August 1948.
*He also served as Sergeant-Major in the 81st Division A.E.F. during the war*
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1-28-2026
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Keywords
University Presidents, State Normal School, Florence State Teachers College, University of North Alabama History, State Superintendent of Education in Alabama, Education in Alabama
