Background
Cartwright, Walter Joseph was born on April 26, 1922 in Carona, Kansas, United States. Son of James William and Agnes (Whitehead) Cartwright.
Cartwright, Walter Joseph was born on April 26, 1922 in Carona, Kansas, United States. Son of James William and Agnes (Whitehead) Cartwright.
Student, Texarkana College, 1941. AB, Southern Methodist University, 1943. M.Th., Southern Methodist University, 1946.
Master of Arts, University Texas, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1964.
Ordained to ministry, Methodist Church, 1944; pastor, McLeod-Lodi, Texas, 1944-1945; pastor, Douglassville, Texas, 1945-1947; pastor, Mount Pleasant, Texas, 1948; pastor, Johnson City, Texas, 1948-1949; pastor, Hebbronville, Texas, 1949-1952; pastor, Weimar, Texas, 1952-1955; pastor, Goldthwaite, Texas, 1955-1958; pastor, Bastrop, Texas, 1958-1962; assistant professor, Texas Tech U., Lubbock, 1962-1965; associate professor, Texas Tech U., 1965-1968; professor, department sociology, Texas Tech U., since 1968; chairman, Texas Tech U., 1968-1974. Member professional advisory board Adult Day Activity and Health Center, Lubbock.
Consultant Texas Commission on Alcoholism, 1965-1967. Member South Plains Area Aging Advisory Committee, 1973-1998. Member projects board International Center Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies, 1968-1974, Lubbock Metropolitan Council Governments Committee Crime Prevention, 1966-1970, Technology Advisory Committee Canyon Lakes Project, Lubbock, 1970-1971.
Manpower committee Lubbock County Community Action Agency, Office of Economic Opportunity, 1967-1970. Board directors Golden Age Home, Lockhart, Texas, Coordinating Board Texas College and University System. Member American, Southern, Southwestern sociological societies, Law and Society Association, Rocky Mountain, Southwestern social science associations, American Association of University Professors, Phi Beta Kappa (honorary), Visiting Nurses Association Lubbock (board directors).
Married Elizabeth Daniel Atkins, June 6, 1948. Children: Joseph Daniel (deceased), Deborah Cartwright Sparks.