Background
Ryle, Walter Harrington was born on June 1, 1896 in Yates, Missouri, United States. Son of Walter Harrington and Kate (Stark) Ryle.
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Walter Harrington Ryle
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Bachelor of Science, N.E. Missouri State Teachers College, 1919; AM, George Peabody Teachers College, 1927; Doctor of Philosophy, George Peabody Teachers College, 1930; postgraduate, University of Wisconsin, 1927-1928.
Career
Principal, high school, Clifton Hill, Missouri, 1916-1917; principal, Palmyra (Missouri) High School, 1919-1921; superintendent public schools,, Clifton Hill, 1917-1918; superintendent schools,, Holden, Missouri, 1921-1927; instructor history, Peabody College, Nashville, 1929-1930; assistant professor of history, N.E. Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville, 1928-1929; professor social science, N.E. Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville, 1930-1937; president, N.E. Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville, from 1937.
Achievements
Membership
Colonel personal staff Governor of Missouri, 1937-1942. Chairman Council of Defense. Commander.Citizens Defense Corps.
Reemployment committeeman Selective Svc. Board; chairman Navy Relief Fund Adair County. Member Missouri coordinating county United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Chairman Kirksville District county Boy Scouts American, from 1944, president Cen.Mo. Area county, from 1949. Past member board directors and president Missouri Creation Chairman's Association Adair county committee Missouri Department Resources and Development.
Mem.Mo. Governor's Council oln Higher Education With infantry United States Army, World War I, member Missouri National Guard ret. Member National Education Association, American History Association, Mississippi Valley History Association, Missouri History Association, Missouri Teachers Association (adivisor legislation committee from 1934), American Legion, Sons of the American Revolution, Kirksville Country Club, Masons, Rotary (president 1939), Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Delta Kappa.
Connections
Married Maurine Lea, June 7, 1927. 1 child, Waalter Harrington IV.
