Background
Altman, Walter Forrest was born on February 2, 1924 in Dravosburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Chauncey Fulton and Mary Gertrude (Frew) Altman.
Altman, Walter Forrest was born on February 2, 1924 in Dravosburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Chauncey Fulton and Mary Gertrude (Frew) Altman.
Bachelor, Earlham College, 1951. Master of Arts, University Pittsburgh, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Florida State University, 1957.
Instructor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1956-1958; instructor, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1958-1962; professor, chair department English, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1962-1965; associate professor, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, North Carolina, 1965-1968; professor, Shaw U., Raleigh, North Carolina, 1968-1970; instructor, Program Afloat College Education, Norfolk, Virginia, 1980-1982; freelance writer, editor, Duke U. Press, Durham, North Carolina, 1984-1988; teacher, Piedmont Community College, Roxboro, North Carolina, 1988-1990; instructor, Averett College, Danville, Virginia, 1990-1995. Technician Agency for International Development, Nyanza Province, Kenya, 1959-1960. Local coordinator World Learning Inc., Piedmont, 1993-1994.
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Regional coordinator Project Upward Bound, Laurinburg, 1967-1968. Member selection committee Eastern division Congress-Bundestag Scholarship, North Carolina, 1995-1998. Founding member Committee to Maintain Peace and Order, Knoxville, 1957.
Volunteer American Friends Service Committee, Richmond, Indiana and Greensboro, 1962-1965. Board directors Youth Services Bureau, Caswell County, North Carolina, 1987-1988. Organizer, officer, activist Sierra Club, Charlotte and Durham, 1976-1986.
Secretary Caswell County History Association, 1998-2000, 05-06, Caswell County Recreation Commission, since 2006. Member Dan River Trail Association (founder), Dan River Basin Association (charter board member 2001-2004).
Married Diana Lynne Hillebrand, June, 1955 (divorced 1969). Children: Lydian Elena, Reed Adam William.