Background
Nichols, Walter Hammond was born on February 19, 1866 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joshua Rufus and Charlotte Elizabeth (Hammond) Nichols.
Nichols, Walter Hammond was born on February 19, 1866 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joshua Rufus and Charlotte Elizabeth (Hammond) Nichols.
Preparatory education, Salt Lake Academy and Salt Lake Collegiate Institute. Bachelor of Science in chemistry, University of Michigan, 1891. Studied University of Chicago, University of Colorado.
Master of Arts, Teachers College, Columbia, 1901.
Assistant in education and history, University of Colorado, 1896-1898. Secretary Teachers College (Columbia), 1898-1900. Professor of history and economics, University of Colorado, 1901-1903.
Vice president Mercantile Bank & Trust Company, Boulder, Colorado, 1903-1907.
Teacher, later superintendent schools, Palo Alto, California, principal Palo Alto Union High School, since 1915.
Married Esther Blanche Connor, September 27, 1892. Children: Helen Blanche (deceased), Alan Hammond (killed in the United States Aviation Service, 1918), John Ralph, Dorothy Esther.