Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr. (
March 9 1916 –
November 11 1998) was an American government official and college president and administrator. After graduating from the
University of Kentucky in 1936 as a member of
Sigma Chi, he became a professor and then dean of the College of Law there, before becoming president of
West Virginia University. He served as the
United States Secretary of the Army between 1961 and 1962 and later served as president of
Indiana University. He was the
president of the
National Audubon Society from 1968 until 1979.
Stahr was born in Hickman, Kentucky.
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