# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elvis-jacob-stahr-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:50:46.818Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elvis-jacob-stahr-jr"
name: "Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr."
slug: "elvis-jacob-stahr-jr"
description: "Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr. was an American government official, college president and administrator. After graduating from the University of Kentucky in 1936 as a member of Sigma Chi and Pershing Rifles, he attended Merton College at the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. He served as lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. He returned to the University of Kentucky and became a professor and then dean of the College of Law, before becoming president of West Virginia University. He served as the United States Secretary of the Army between 1961 and 1962 and served as president of Indiana University from 1962 to 1968. He was the president of the National Audubon Society from 1968 until 1981."
tagline: "American government official and college president (1916-1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elvis_Jacob_Stahr.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1916-03-09"
deathDate: "1998-11-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.41
  momentum:             2.339181286549707
  historical:           5.681858666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الڤيس چاكوب ستاهر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elvis Jacob Stahr junior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Stahr"
    title: "Elvis Stahr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91_%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%9F"
    title: "אלביס ג'ייקוב שטר הבן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Стар, Элвис Джекоб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump