Marshall Barringer McAulay

Marshall Barringer McAulay served on the East Carolina board of trustees from 1919 until 1921, representing the Sixth Congressional District. McAulay’s appointment filled a vacancy in representation that resulted following the resignation of James Ozborn Carr two years earlier.

McAulay’s entrance as a board member coincided with a noteworthy departure in the board’s leadership: J. Y. Joyner, charter chairman of the board by virtue of his longstanding as state superintendent of public instruction, resigned his state office and was replaced, as chair of the ECTTS board, by the newly appointed state superintendent, Eugene Clyde Brooks (1871-1947). Along with David Livingston Ward, a new board member appointed the year before, in 1918, McAulay helped guide the school through a brief but eventful period, one including the conclusion of WWI, the so-called “Spanish Flu” pandemic, the victory of the women’s suffrage movement, and the final years of East Carolina’s training school era (1909-1921).

A successful businessman with the Acme Store Company and the Acme Manufacturing Company, McAulay was also an elder in the Acme Presbyterian Church, and for many years superintendent of its Sunday School program. A supporter of public education, he served on the Columbus County Board of Education as well.

Sources

• “M. B. M’Aulay Dies at Home in Acme.” News and Observer. May 14, 1930. P. 12.
• “M. B. M’Aulay Laid to Rest at Clarkton.” News and Observer. May 17, 1930. P. 11.

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