Short, Lloyd M. (Lloyd Milton), 1897-1981

Lloyd Milton Short was born on 3 February 1897 in Knoxville, Illinois. He earned his B.A. from Knox College (Galesburg, Illinois) in 1919. He earned his M.A. in 1920 and Ph.D. in 1922 from the University of Illinois. After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Short worked as an associate professor of political science at the University of Akron (Ohio) for one year (1922-1923) before moving to the University of Missouri. He spent the next 12 years at the University of Missouri (1923-1935) as professor of political science and public law, department chair and assistant dean.

In 1935, Dr. Short joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota as professor of political science. He became the first director of the Public Administration Center (now known as the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs) in 1945. He became the chair of the political science department in 1952. Dr. Short retired from the University of Minnesota in 1965 as professor emeritus. Lloyd Short died on 19 December 1981.

From the guide to the Lloyd M. Short papers, 1915-1965, (University of Minnesota Libraries. University of Minnesota Archives [uarc])