Billy Overton Wireman

Background

Wireman, Billy Overton was born on October 7, 1932 in Jackson, Kentucky, United States. Son of William and Emily (Bach) Wireman.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Georgetown College (Kentucky), 1954; Doctor of Humane Letters, Georgetown College (Kentucky), 1987; Master of Arts, University Kentucky, 1957; Doctor of Education, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, 1960; Doctor of Humane Letters, University Tampa, 1970; Doctor of Humane Letters, Eckerd College, 1977; Doctor of Humane Letters, Georgetown College, 1987.

Career

Member faculty, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1960-1963; vice president development, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1963-1968; president, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1968-1977; president, Queens College, Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1978. Guest lecturer People's U. Beijing (China), 1982, also Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines. Public interviews with political leaders in Phillipines and South Korea, 1988, 89.

Research work in Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1989. Speaker fundraising panel, evaluator, accrediting agency Southern Association Colleges Schools, 1989. Past vice president Ormond Beach Pier, Inc., Florida.

Achievements

• Billy Overton Wireman has been listed as a noteworthy academic administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Peninsula Plot: How Hong Kong Gained a New 50 Year Lease on Freedom & Avoided World War III

    (The book is writen by 3 authors who used the given pseudo...)

Membership

Chairman education division St. Petersburg United Fund, 1966-1967. Delegate White House Conference children and Youth, 1970, White House Conference You, 1971. Trustee, chairman development cabinet United Board Christian Higher Education in Asia, 1974-1983.

Chairman, trustee Board for Need-Based Medical Student Loans, State of North Carolina, 1982. Past board directors College Fund Pinellas County. Member international advisory board Han Nam University, Korea, 1987-1992, OALS College Board.

Representative Charlotte Chamber of Commerce in China. Chair Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee, 1989-1995, board directors Friendship Trays, Charlotte World Affairs Council. Vice chair Multiple Sclerosis Dinner of Champions Hope Award event, 1988.

Chairman Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee Board, co-chair Common Ground. Member steering committee Wildacres Inititiative. Board directors Johnson C. Smith University.

Board visitors Charlotte Country Day School. Member Billy Graham Crusade Committee, 1996. Chairman selection committee Wilderacres Leadership Initiative.

Member American Association of University Professors, American academy Political and Socil Science, American Management Association (director), Club of Rome, American Council Education (International Commission), Young President Organization, University Club of New York City, North Carolina Society of New York, Charlotte Squires, Tower Club, City Club of Charlotte, Goodfellows, North Carolina Trade Association (board directors), British American Business Association (board directors), Friday Fellows.

Connections

Married Katie Marie Coomer, March 3, 1955. Children: J. Gary, Emily Kay Crigler.

Father:

William Wireman

Mother:

Emily (Bach) Wireman

Spouse:

Katie Marie Coomer

child:

J. Gary Wireman

child:

Emily Kay Crigler Wireman