Marquis E. Shattuck was born in Pontiac, Michigan on September 21, 1888 to Charles, a farmer, and Maud Shattuck. He attended Albion College, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1922, and later an honorary doctor of laws degree. Mr. Shattuck served in World War I as a corporal with the 2nd Marine Division. He received his master's degree from Harvard School of Education in 1921, while teaching in the Boston school system. First appointed in 1919 as an English instructor at Northwestern High School in Detroit, Mr. Shattuck taught English for two years at Northern High School before being promoted to supervising instructor of English in 1925. Marquis Shattuck married Doris Graves in 1922 and they had two daughters and one son, who was killed in action during World War II in 1945. They made their home in Highland Park. In 1927 Mr. Shattuck was promoted to the Division of Instruction for the Detroit Board of Education; one year later he was made supervisor of language education and then director of the department in 1929. In 1945 Mr. Shattuck was appointed assistant superintendent of schools. After forty years with the Detroit Board of Education, Mr. Shattuck retired in 1959 to head the Detroit Hearing Center. Active in many organizations, Marquis Shattuck served as president of the National Council of Teachers of English in 1937 and president of the Detroit Schoolmen's Club in 1938. He served as president of the Detroit Historical Society in 1958 and 1959, and in 1963 was awarded the Society's distinguished certificate of merit for outstanding contributions to the cause of local history. He was also president of the Detroit and Michigan chapters of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was a member of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, the Kiwanis Club, Economic Club of Detroit, Huguenot Society of Michigan and the Historical Society of Michigan. Marquis E. Shattuck died in Detroit on July 14, 1971. His wife followed him in 1985.
From the description of Marquis E. Shattuck papers, 1868-1984. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 670080094
