Background
Pettit, Walter William was born on August 9, 1882 in Fredonia, New York, United States. Son of William H. and Amalia (Kricheldorff) Pettit.
Pettit, Walter William was born on August 9, 1882 in Fredonia, New York, United States. Son of William H. and Amalia (Kricheldorff) Pettit.
Graduate Fredonia Normal School, 1901. Bachelor of Science, Teachers College, Columbia, 1911, Master of Arts, 1912, Doctor of Philosophy, 1918. Doctor of Letters, Columbia, 1948. m.
Katharine Fowler, August 30, 1920.
Teacher and principal high school, Philippine Islands, 1901-1909. Principal Elementary Technology School, Evanston, Illinois, 1911-1913. Field secretary Playground and Recreation Association of America, 1913-1914.
Special assistant in relief work, American Embassy, Petrograd, 1916-1917.
Attached to American Commission to Negotiate Peace, 1918-1919. Instructor New York School Social Work, 1915-1916, assistant director, 1918-1939, director 1939-1947.
Retired. Director public welfare institutions in Latin-American countries, auspices United Nations, August-October, 1947.
Executive director Temporary Emergency Relief Administration of New York State, 1932-1933. Social welfare adviser to Guatemala, United Nations, 1948-1949.
Member of Executive Committee National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Served as captain Military Intelligence Department, United States Army, 1918-1919. Member American Association Social Workers, American Sociological Society, New York State History Society, Alpha Chi Rho, Phi Delta Kappa.
Clubs: Columbia University, Philippine, City (New York).
Children: Walter Fowler, Katharine Fowler.