Notes for: Edwin Jean Lowther

He graduated in 1920 from the Salem Academy and from Salem College in 1924. He received a masters degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1926 where he taught in the Pennsylvania School System and returned to Salem College as a member of their teaching staff. He also served as the Head of the History Department. Mr. Lowther served two terms as mayor of the City of Salem, 1931-1933, and was a resident of West Main Street in Salem for many years. He served as principal of Central Junior High School in Clarksburg from 1935 until his retirement in 1970. Over 10,000 Harrison County children graduated from that school during his tenure. He served as chairman of the Harrison County Infantile Paralysis Association for 17 years and received national recognition for his work with polio during the epidemic in 1952, 1953 and 1954.