Background
Prichard, Walter was born on June 5, 1887 in Edinburg, Indiana, United States. Son of Ira Lutrell and Sarah Jane (Jenkins) Prichard.
Prichard, Walter was born on June 5, 1887 in Edinburg, Indiana, United States. Son of Ira Lutrell and Sarah Jane (Jenkins) Prichard.
Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, 1914, Master of Arts, 1915. Graduate student summer 1915, session 1915-1916, summer 1916. Graduate student of University of Illinois, 1916-1917.
Student University of Chicago.
Grade school teacher, Indiana, 1906-1908, high school principal, 1908-1912, 1913-1914. Graduate fellow in history Indiana University, 1914-1915, tutor and graduate assistant in history, 1915-1916, graduate assistant political science, summer 1916. Acting professor of history University of New Mexico, 1917-1918, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1918-1919.
Professor and department head history Louisiana State University, 1919-1946, dean of men, 1927-1930, Francois Xavier Martin professor Louisiana history from 1946.
Research assistant in history Illinois History Survey, 1916-1917. Graduate assistant history University of Chicago, summer 1919.
Made honorary fellow Kansas State History Society, 1927. Officer d’Academie avee les Palmes, French Government, 1938.
Fellow American Geography Society. Member American History Association, Mississippi Valley History Association (member executive council 1935-1938), Southern History Association, Louisiana History Society (member executive council from 1934), American Association University professors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Gamma Museum. Mason.; Club: Faculty (Louisiana State University).
Member advisory council Atlas of America History, 1943.
Married Mary Ellen Welborn, September 7, 1927. Children: Sarah Belle, Nancy Ellen.