Background
Welch, Robert Dinwiddie was born on July 19, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ira Hubert Reginald and Ella Sarah (Dinwiddie) Welch.
Welch, Robert Dinwiddie was born on July 19, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ira Hubert Reginald and Ella Sarah (Dinwiddie) Welch.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1948; Master of Arts in English Literature, University of Chicago, 1952; postgraduate, New School Social Research, New York City, 1948-1952; postgraduate, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1952-1960.
Instructor, St. Paul's School, Garden City, New York, 1948-1952;
instructor English/social studies, Pierce Junior H.S., Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1952-1959;
instructor English, Grosse Pointe H.S. South, 1959-1962;
library coordinator, Grosse Pointe H.S. South, 1962-1964;
assistant principal curriculum, Grosse Pointe H.S. South, 1964-1968;
assistant principal curriculum, Grosse Point H.S. North, 1968-1975;
director curriculum, Grosse Point Public Schools, 1975-1992. Retired;
part-time master teacher English, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, summers 1958-1966;
part-time English instructor, supervisor, Wayne County Community College, Detroit, 1970-1980. Evaluator, writer North Control Association, Detroit area, 1975-1985.
Director Department Secondary Curriculum, Grosse Pointe Public Schools, 1980-1992.
Advisory board Grosse Point Foundation Academy Enrichment, 1983-1990. Chairman social responsibilities committee Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church, 1965, member building committee, 1960. Chairman of recorders court study Detroit Riots Committee, 1966.
Advisor, speaker Native American Program, East Detroit, 1978-1983. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member Detroit Institute Arts, National Council Teachers English, United States Naval Reserve Association, Greenfield Village/Henry Ford Museum, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married June 18, 1955. Children: Robert Dean, Richard Allen.