Title: Maurice Lucas Papers, 1975-1981

ID: OGLMC1734

Primary Creator: Lucas, Maurice A. (1919-1984)

Extent: 0.25

Date Acquired: 11/14/2024

Subjects: Education, University of North Dakota - Faculty

Languages: English

"Maurice Lucas, 64, 2709 Olive St., died Friday in the United Hospital. He was a professor of early childhood education at the University of North Dakota and one of several retiring faculty members honored in February at the annual UND Founder's Day Banquet.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Federated Church. Visitation will be after the service there. Arrangements are with the Amundson Funeral Home. The family prefers memorials to the Maurice Lucas Scholarship Fund or the Federated Church.

Mr. Lucas was born June 9, 1919, in Eldorado, Kan., attended school at Syracuse, Kan., and served with the U.S. Army during World War II. He married Elizabeth Honstead in April 1964. He graduated from Washburn University in Topeka, Kan., and later taught and earned a master's degree from the University of Kansas in Lawrence. He did post-graduate work from George Peabody University in Nashville, Tenn., before he came to Grand Forks to work in the Early Childhood Education program. He founded the Bek Day Care Center here.

He was among the first educators to encourage men to teach in elementary classrooms. His philosophy, according to an article published in the Herald, was that it's not the quantity of time spent with a child that counts, but the quality.

Survivors are his wife, sons, Jerald, Scotts Bluff, Neb., Jay, Grand Forks, daughter, Wiletta Stanlake, St. Martin, Minn., nine grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and sister, Marjorie (Mrs. Harold) Niblock, Ramah, Colo."

Source: Grand Forks Herald, March 24, 1984

Education
University of North Dakota - Faculty

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Jerald H. Lucas, Scottsbluff, Nebraska

Acquisition Method: Donation; 2024-3527

Preferred Citation: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Processing Information: Processed by Curt Hanson in November 2024.