Background
Showalter, Harold was born on August 2, 1934 in Brooksville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Howard Lee and Cora Alice (King) Showalter.
Showalter, Harold was born on August 2, 1934 in Brooksville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Howard Lee and Cora Alice (King) Showalter.
AB cum laude, Union College, Barbourville, 1956. Master of Education in Educational Administration, University Cincinnati, 1970.
Teacher music, drama Fayetteville-Perry Local Schools, Ohio, 1956—1960, High School library, teacher English, drama, 1960—1968, High School principal, library, 1968—1972, High School library, teacher English, 1972—1983, district director library media computer services, 1983—1995, district director library media services, 1995—1997. Executive director Adams County Public Library., Peebles, since 1998. Library. rank II State Library.
Ohio Regional Center, Winchester, 1964—1965. Adjunct instructor Chatfield College, St Martin, Ohio, 1971—1984.
President Fayetteville Centennial Committee, 1968. Member Village Council, 1963—1970, Brown County Board Mental Health and Retardation, Georgetown, 1972—1976, Brown County Public Library. Board Trustees, Mount Orab, since 1993, CORVA Mental Health and Retardation Committee, Cincinnati, 1972—1976, Rollman's Psychiatric Institute Advisory Committee, Cincinnati, 1972—1976, Lay Supply, United Methodist Church, Martinsville, 1957—1960.
Charter member Brown County Public Library. Foundation, since 1998. Member of Ohio Educational Library.
Media Association, Ohio Library. Council, National Junior Honor Society, Fayetteville Perry Middle School, Zeta Sigma Pi, Iota Sigma Nu, Alpha Psi Omega.
Married Mary Rae Wilkerson Roush, August 9, 1992. Children: Debra Jeanne Heimbrock, Steven Christy Roush, Michael Ray Roush. Married Nancy Lorraine Guilfoyle, August 8, 1958 (deceased November 19, 1989).