Union-Bradley-Drew County ArArchives Biographies.....MacQueen, Donald 1886 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Sanchez lmu567@gmail.com May 26, 2009, 4:19 pm Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) PROFESSOR DONALD MACQUEEN. Professor Donald MacQueen, city superintendent of schools of El Dorado, was born in Milledgeville, Georgia, on the 26th of March, 1886, and is a son of Dr. Donald and Martha (Windsor) MacQueen. The father is a native of South Carolina and the mother is a native of Georgia. They were married in Milledgeville of the latter state, in the year 1883. Dr. MacQueen is a Presbyterian minister, upon whom has been conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity and he is now filling a pulpit at Palatka, Florida. Professor MacQueen of this review was educated in Center College at Danville, Kentucky, and in the University of Wisconsin, which conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1906 and that of Master of Arts in 1916. Following his graduation he began his educational work as principal of the high school at Carlisle, Kentucky, and later he was made superintendent of the city schools at that place. He remained in Carlisle for four years, giving excellent satisfaction in, his administration of educational affairs. While there residing he was married on the 23d of December, 1909, to Miss Elizabeth Taylor Calliver of that place, and to them has been born a son, Donald (IV). In 1910 Professor MacQueen was called to Fredericksburg College at Fredericksburg, Virginia, to fill the chair of English and remained there for a year, at the end of which time he resigned and came to Arkansas for the benefit of his health. In 1911 he accepted the presidency of the Warren Presbyterian Training School at Warren, Arkansas, where he remained for two years. In 1913 he went to Monticello as head of the department of English in the Arkansas State Agricultural School, in which capacity he served for five years and in 1918 he was offered and accepted the superintendency of the El Dorado schools, in which important position he has remained. He has always held to the highest standards of his profession, ever making it his purpose so to instruct that his training shall be of practical value as a preparation for life's responsible duties. Professor MacQueen is well known in fraternal circles, being a Knights Templar Mason, a member of El Dorado Lodge, No. 1129, B. P. O. E., and also of the Knights of Pythias. Of the Rotary Club of El Dorado he is the president and is keenly interested in the high purposes and plans of that organization for the benefit of the city along material and civic lines. He has membership in the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the board of directors of the Warner Brown Hospital. Keenly interested in the work of the Presbyterian church he is serving as one of the elders, also as superintendent of the Sunday school and is likewise president of the County Sunday School Association. He is scout-master of the Boy Scouts, Troop No. 1, and he gives his hearty aid and support to all measures which tend to uplift the individual and promote the welfare of the community at large. His labors in the field of his profession have been far-reaching and highly resultant and he ranks today among the most capable of the educators connected with the public school system of Arkansas. Additional Comments: Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/union/bios/macqueen30nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/arfiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb