Background
Heywood, Charles William was born on April 24, 1921 in Pittsburgh. Son of Charles Edwin and Marie Louise (Shrawder) Heywood.
Heywood, Charles William was born on April 24, 1921 in Pittsburgh. Son of Charles Edwin and Marie Louise (Shrawder) Heywood.
Bachelor, Earlham College, 1943; Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1954; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Cornell College, 1987.
Instructor, College of Wooster (Ohio), 1949-1953; assistant professor, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa., 1954-1957; associate professor, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, 1957-1961; professor, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, 1961-1987; dean, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, 1983-1987. Member Commision on Institutions of Higher Education, North Control Association, 1971-1975 (consultant evaluator 1974-1983).
Member Mount Vernon Board Education, 1965-1971, president, 1967-1971. Member Mount Vernon's City Council, 1990-1996. Trustee Cornell College, 1993-2005.
Member American Association of University Professors (national council 1960-1963, 1st vice president 1966-1968, committee on academy freedom 1963-1972), Organization American Historians, Latin American Studies Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Vivian Eleanor Yergey, June 30, 1950. Children: Philip Edwin, Ann Marie, James Eric.