ORR, Mark Taylor Sr., 95, founder and former director of international Studies at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, died of respiratory failure January 2, 2010, at University Community Hospital in Tampa.
Dr. Orr was born in Mount Croghan, S.C., and grew up in Brevard, N.C. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina. He was a reporter for North Carolina newspapers before joining the Army Air Corps during World War II (in 1941 as a private). He served in the Department of the Army under General Douglas MacArthur during the American Occupation of Japan, where he was instrumental in facilitating the modernization and restructuring of the Japanese education system. He completed his military service as a colonel in the Air Force.
Later, as a University of South Florida political science professor, he started the first program for American college students to study in Japan. In the mid 1960s he founded the school's International Affairs Center, which supports global research and inter-national programs, laying the groundwork for a global studies department that flourishes today. His spirit of outreach cost him political points in the 1990s. As head of Middle Eastern studies, Dr. Orr pressed for global under-standing. He founded a local offshoot of the Committees on Foreign Relations, and brought in heads of state, along with military and economic leaders, to address the Tampa Bay Area Committee on Foreign Relations.
Dr. Orr retired in the late 1990s, around the time he gave $100,000 to start an international studies scholarship that bears his name. The school has given him two awards for distinguished service.
Dr. Orr was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Katherine Wilkinson Orr.
He is survived by his daughter, Karen Orr of Gainesville, Florida; his son, Mark Taylor Orr Jr. of Big Timber, Montana; his grand-daughter, Ava Shulin Orr, also of Big Timber; and his brother, Oliver Hamilton Orr of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Published in TBO.com on Jan. 5, 2010
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To read a newspaper article about Dr. Orr ("USF professor Mark Orr, known for work in international studies") that was published on Jan. 5, 2010, here is the link: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/16668/usf-professor-mark-orr-known-for-work-in
To listen to Dr. Orr's USF oral history, here is the link: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_50_anniversary/102/ = Mark Orr, former Director of International Affairs and professor of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, discusses the development of the departments of International Studies and Liberal Arts at USF. He speaks about the role of the International Affairs department and how it contributes to the history and academia of USF. Additionally, Orr discusses life at USF in its early days and how he has seen it grow throughout the 30 years he has been involved with the University. Interview conducted March 27, 2003.
Dr. Orr was born in Mount Croghan, S.C., and grew up in Brevard, N.C. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina. He was a reporter for North Carolina newspapers before joining the Army Air Corps during World War II (in 1941 as a private). He served in the Department of the Army under General Douglas MacArthur during the American Occupation of Japan, where he was instrumental in facilitating the modernization and restructuring of the Japanese education system. He completed his military service as a colonel in the Air Force.
Later, as a University of South Florida political science professor, he started the first program for American college students to study in Japan. In the mid 1960s he founded the school's International Affairs Center, which supports global research and inter-national programs, laying the groundwork for a global studies department that flourishes today. His spirit of outreach cost him political points in the 1990s. As head of Middle Eastern studies, Dr. Orr pressed for global under-standing. He founded a local offshoot of the Committees on Foreign Relations, and brought in heads of state, along with military and economic leaders, to address the Tampa Bay Area Committee on Foreign Relations.
Dr. Orr retired in the late 1990s, around the time he gave $100,000 to start an international studies scholarship that bears his name. The school has given him two awards for distinguished service.
Dr. Orr was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Katherine Wilkinson Orr.
He is survived by his daughter, Karen Orr of Gainesville, Florida; his son, Mark Taylor Orr Jr. of Big Timber, Montana; his grand-daughter, Ava Shulin Orr, also of Big Timber; and his brother, Oliver Hamilton Orr of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Published in TBO.com on Jan. 5, 2010
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To read a newspaper article about Dr. Orr ("USF professor Mark Orr, known for work in international studies") that was published on Jan. 5, 2010, here is the link: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/16668/usf-professor-mark-orr-known-for-work-in
To listen to Dr. Orr's USF oral history, here is the link: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_50_anniversary/102/ = Mark Orr, former Director of International Affairs and professor of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, discusses the development of the departments of International Studies and Liberal Arts at USF. He speaks about the role of the International Affairs department and how it contributes to the history and academia of USF. Additionally, Orr discusses life at USF in its early days and how he has seen it grow throughout the 30 years he has been involved with the University. Interview conducted March 27, 2003.
ORR, Mark Taylor Sr., 95, founder and former director of international Studies at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, died of respiratory failure January 2, 2010, at University Community Hospital in Tampa.
Dr. Orr was born in Mount Croghan, S.C., and grew up in Brevard, N.C. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina. He was a reporter for North Carolina newspapers before joining the Army Air Corps during World War II (in 1941 as a private). He served in the Department of the Army under General Douglas MacArthur during the American Occupation of Japan, where he was instrumental in facilitating the modernization and restructuring of the Japanese education system. He completed his military service as a colonel in the Air Force.
Later, as a University of South Florida political science professor, he started the first program for American college students to study in Japan. In the mid 1960s he founded the school's International Affairs Center, which supports global research and inter-national programs, laying the groundwork for a global studies department that flourishes today. His spirit of outreach cost him political points in the 1990s. As head of Middle Eastern studies, Dr. Orr pressed for global under-standing. He founded a local offshoot of the Committees on Foreign Relations, and brought in heads of state, along with military and economic leaders, to address the Tampa Bay Area Committee on Foreign Relations.
Dr. Orr retired in the late 1990s, around the time he gave $100,000 to start an international studies scholarship that bears his name. The school has given him two awards for distinguished service.
Dr. Orr was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Katherine Wilkinson Orr.
He is survived by his daughter, Karen Orr of Gainesville, Florida; his son, Mark Taylor Orr Jr. of Big Timber, Montana; his grand-daughter, Ava Shulin Orr, also of Big Timber; and his brother, Oliver Hamilton Orr of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Published in TBO.com on Jan. 5, 2010
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To read a newspaper article about Dr. Orr ("USF professor Mark Orr, known for work in international studies") that was published on Jan. 5, 2010, here is the link: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/16668/usf-professor-mark-orr-known-for-work-in
To listen to Dr. Orr's USF oral history, here is the link: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_50_anniversary/102/ = Mark Orr, former Director of International Affairs and professor of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, discusses the development of the departments of International Studies and Liberal Arts at USF. He speaks about the role of the International Affairs department and how it contributes to the history and academia of USF. Additionally, Orr discusses life at USF in its early days and how he has seen it grow throughout the 30 years he has been involved with the University. Interview conducted March 27, 2003.
Dr. Orr was born in Mount Croghan, S.C., and grew up in Brevard, N.C. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina. He was a reporter for North Carolina newspapers before joining the Army Air Corps during World War II (in 1941 as a private). He served in the Department of the Army under General Douglas MacArthur during the American Occupation of Japan, where he was instrumental in facilitating the modernization and restructuring of the Japanese education system. He completed his military service as a colonel in the Air Force.
Later, as a University of South Florida political science professor, he started the first program for American college students to study in Japan. In the mid 1960s he founded the school's International Affairs Center, which supports global research and inter-national programs, laying the groundwork for a global studies department that flourishes today. His spirit of outreach cost him political points in the 1990s. As head of Middle Eastern studies, Dr. Orr pressed for global under-standing. He founded a local offshoot of the Committees on Foreign Relations, and brought in heads of state, along with military and economic leaders, to address the Tampa Bay Area Committee on Foreign Relations.
Dr. Orr retired in the late 1990s, around the time he gave $100,000 to start an international studies scholarship that bears his name. The school has given him two awards for distinguished service.
Dr. Orr was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Katherine Wilkinson Orr.
He is survived by his daughter, Karen Orr of Gainesville, Florida; his son, Mark Taylor Orr Jr. of Big Timber, Montana; his grand-daughter, Ava Shulin Orr, also of Big Timber; and his brother, Oliver Hamilton Orr of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Published in TBO.com on Jan. 5, 2010
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To read a newspaper article about Dr. Orr ("USF professor Mark Orr, known for work in international studies") that was published on Jan. 5, 2010, here is the link: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/16668/usf-professor-mark-orr-known-for-work-in
To listen to Dr. Orr's USF oral history, here is the link: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_50_anniversary/102/ = Mark Orr, former Director of International Affairs and professor of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, discusses the development of the departments of International Studies and Liberal Arts at USF. He speaks about the role of the International Affairs department and how it contributes to the history and academia of USF. Additionally, Orr discusses life at USF in its early days and how he has seen it grow throughout the 30 years he has been involved with the University. Interview conducted March 27, 2003.
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