John R. Conniff
| John Robinson Conniff, Sr. | |
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| 7th President of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana | |
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In office 1926 – May 18, 1928 |
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| Preceded by | John Keeny |
| Succeeded by | George W. Bond |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 20, 1874 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | January 20, 1957 (aged 83) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Garden of Memories in Metairie, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Bertha Drott Conniff (married 1905-1957, his death) |
| Children | John Conniff, Jr. |
| Parents | John Harris and Mary Orleana Robinson Conniff |
| Residence |
(1) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
Tulane University |
| Occupation | Educator; College president |
(1) New Orleans, Louisiana
(2) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Tulane University
University of Virginia
John Robinson Conniff, Sr. (January 20, 1874 – January 20, 1957), was an educator from New Orleans, Louisiana, who served from 1926 to 1928 as the seventh president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston in Lincoln Parish in North Louisiana.
Conniff was the oldest of five children born in New Orleans to the former Mary Orleana Robinson (1850-1917), whose family tree is traced to a family in colonial Delaware, and John Harris Conniff (1850-1909), the president of the Crescent News and Hotel Company with interests also in the New Orleans entertainment industry—the St. Charles Theatre, the Academy of Music, and the Grand Opera House. The senior Coniffs are interred at Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans.
Young Coniff graduated in 1890 from the high school of Roman Catholic-affiliated Tulane University. In 1894, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane, where he became affiliated with Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Conniff then studied law for a year at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.
From 1895 to 1900, Conniff taught English and Latin at Boys' High School in New Orleans; from 1900 to 1908, he was assistant superintendent of New Orleans public schools and from 1908 to 1910 the acting superintendent. In 1910, he moved to Baton Rouge to head the teacher certification division of the Louisiana Department of Education under superintendent T. H. Harris.
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