Future Teachers Hall of Fame President to Speak April 20
For release: April 19, 2004
For press information, contact Gabrielle Maxey

Joseph York, who has been an English instructor at the University of Memphis off and on since 1975, will become the first inductee to become president of the National Teachers Hall of Fame in June. He will speak at the U of M on Tuesday, April 20 about "Teaching the Unteachable." The talk will be held at 3 p.m. in Patterson Hall, room 456.

Located near Emporia State University in Kansas, the National Teachers Hall of Fame includes a research institute and a museum devoted to teaching. The NTHF is the only facility of its kind dedicated to recognizing teachers, preserving and promoting education and inspiring individuals to enter the teaching profession.

York has won numerous statewide and national teaching awards, including Outstanding Tennessee Teacher, the National Thanks to Teachers Award and the Excellence in Teaching Across Cultures Award. He was among the first group of teachers inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame in 1992.

York began his career as a senior high English teacher in Shelby, Tenn. From 1988-92 he taught in the Fayette County Schools, then moved to the Adamsville (Tenn.) School District. He served as principal of the School of the West Tennessee High Security Facility of the Tennessee Department of Correction for three and a half years.

A graduate of Lambuth University, York earned a master's degree in education from the U of M in 1970.

For more information, contact the English Department at 901/678-2651.

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