Background
Widdowson was born to Harvey David Widdowson (1870-1939) and Floretta Work (1875-1952).
Widdowson was born to Harvey David Widdowson (1870-1939) and Floretta Work (1875-1952).
He graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1934 with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Arts.
After graduation, Mr. Widdowson was employed at the Pennsylvania Department of Public Education as Assistant State Supervisor for Vocational Education. Professor Widdowson was assigned as Chief of the Penn State contract team at Taipei University in Taipei, Taiwan from November 1955 to May 1957.
The Penn State team provided an advanced program in Industrial Education to the Republic of China.
After his retirement from Penn State in 1963, Mr. Widdowson became Director of the Spring Garden Institute mission to Ankara, Turkey, as supported by the United States Agency for International Development.
The stated mission was to help the Turkish government establish programs and curriculums for technical institutes, and to develop a faculty of trained instructors.
