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Source: Fox 19
Historians in the News
4-25-11

Former President and professor of Miami University dies


Former president and professor of Miami University, Phillip R. Shriver, passed away on Saturday in Oxford. He was 88.

Shriver was president at Miami University from 1965-1981 and professor of history from 1947-1998. He taught at least one class every year except one during his 52-year career in the classroom, even while he was Miami's president....

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