| Hughes, Arkansas School Faculty Memorial |
| James Howard Schwam February 26, 1918 – February 15, 1990 Language, History Tenure: 1942, 1945-‘49 |
| Mr. Schwam was born February 26, 1918 in Cordova, Shelby County, Tennessee, son of John H. and Jennie Lucinda (Poston) Schwam. He attended Maryville College at Maryville, Tennessee, where he was active in the Latin Club, French Club, English Club, and the Presbyterian Club. He completed his studies in languages and graduated in 1939. He appears as a HHS faculty member in the 1942 Blue Banner yearbook, but WWII apparently interrupted his tenure at Hughes. He entered the Army at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Little Rock, on June 6, 1942. Mr. Schwam returned to the Hughes faculty after the war, and he married fellow faculty member Sara Fay Kittrell on December 27, 1946. Other than his teaching duties, he also served as scoutmaster while at Hughes. By 1949, the couple had returned to their hometown of Maryville, Tennessee, where Mr. Schwam took a position as language instructor at Maryville College. He remained with the college until the late 1960’s. Professor Schwam died February 15, 1990, at Maryville. After his passing, Mrs. Schwam established the J. Howard and Sara Fay Schwam Scholarship to provide need-based scholarships to deserving undergraduates enrolled in Peabody College. |
