Awards
- Honorary Degree - 1949
- M.A.
- Master of Arts
- Stone laying ceremony; Research wing; Riley Hospital
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Presenter: Herman B Wells
A native of Indiana, Marcus Dickey was born on September 26, 1859 in Fayette County. From 1880-1883, he attended the Indiana State Normal School in Terre Haute, Indiana. From 1887-89, he was instructor of literature and history at the Fairmont Indiana Academy.
He move to Colorado and served as principal in the Colorado public school system in Colorado Springs from 1890-92. Dickey served as biographer and secretary to the famous Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley between the years 1896-1906. He remained associated with Riley until Riley's death in 1916.