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Eric Avern Sturley
| Eric Avern Sturley | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 June 1915 Dibden, England |
| Died | 23 March 2010 |
| Nativity | Great Britain |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| ASN | 01046290 |
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Eric Avern Sturley (9 June 1915 – 23 March 2010) was a Ritchie Boy (from Great Britain) who trained at Camp Ritchie.
Biography
Eric was born on June 9, 1915 in Dibden, England.
Eric spent a year of high school in Germany, and participated as a student and leader in the Experiment in International living. Eric continued his education and completed his Masters degree in Mathematics at Yale, and then earned a Doctorate of Education degree from Columbia University. Sturley performed administrative duties as the head of the graduate school, and the Dean’s College.
Eric made arrangements to donate his body to Washington University Medical School. He attended Yale University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics. His post graduate studies were interrupted by WWII.
School at Camp Davis, NC. He taught briefly at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, and then joined the faculty of Southern Illinois University in Alton IL prior to the construction of the Edwardsville campus.
He was stationed at camp Edwards, Mass., for several months and afterwards at Fort Washington and then Camp Ritchie.
He was inducted into the Army in May 1942, and that November he received a commission as a Second Lieutenant at the A.A. He was sent overseas April 1943, and he served in the US Army as an interpreter and intelligence officer in North Africa and throughout the campaign in Europe. Eric enjoyed bicycling, tennis, and was a member of the St.
He became fluent in both German and French. He also led two teams of educators in a partnership between SIU and the U.S. Agency for International Development to Bamako, Mali and Kathmandu, Nepal.
The missions were to help improve secondary educational systems in 3rd world countries. Louis Soaring Association, and of the St.
Following WWII, he remained in the Army reserves and retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In addition to his duties as a math professor at SIUE, Dr.
Research notes
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Technical record
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| Approx Age at Death | 95 |
| row_source | demographics |
Sources
- Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
- Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
- NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
- 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
- Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-18 (1 post)