Background
Maurer, Wesley Henry was born on January 18, 1897 in Bunker Hill, Illinois, United States. Son of Henry P. and Emilia Anna (Boechkler) Maurer.
Maurer, Wesley Henry was born on January 18, 1897 in Bunker Hill, Illinois, United States. Son of Henry P. and Emilia Anna (Boechkler) Maurer.
Bachelor of Arts in Business and Public Administration, University Missouri, 1921. Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, University Missouri, 1922. BJ, University Missouri, 1923.
News editor, Evening Ledger, Mexico, Missouri, 1922-1924;
correspondent, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Kansas City Star, other newspapers, 1922-1924;
city editor, editorial writer, editor, Athens (Ohio) Messenger, 1925-1928;
editorial consultant various publications, 1938-1995;
editorial writer, since 1925;
instructor, Journalism University of Michigan, 1924-1925;
assistant professor journalism, director journalism laboratory, Ohio U., 1925-1928;
instructor, University of Michigan, 1928-1932;
assistant professor, University of Michigan, 1932-1942;
acting chairman, 1937-1938;
associate professor journalism, 1941-1948;
executive secretary department journalism, 1947;
professor, 1948-1995;
professor emeritus
department chairman, 1949-1966;
member Executive Committee, College Literature, Science and Arts, 1949-1957;
commission on deanship, College Literature, Science and Arts, 1951;
member senate advising committee on university affairs, College Literature, Science and Arts, 1958-1961;
chairman senate advising committee on university affairs, College Literature, Science and Arts, 1961;
public, Town Crier, Mackinac Island, Michigan, 1959-1995;
public, Harbor Light, Harbor Springs, Michigan, 1964-1970;
editor, public, St. Ignace (Mich) News, 1975-1995. University representative. University visitor England, The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy, Rome, Florence, Greece, Beirut, Egypt, Jerusalem, Vietnam, Thailand, The Phillipines, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Hawaii.
President Association Accredited school and Depts. Journalism, 1953-1954. Public relations consultant Essex Company Medical-Economics Research, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1938.
Consultant Mainichi Newspapers, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, 1963. United States State Department specialist, lecturer Center for Advanced Studies in Journalism for Latin American, Quito, Ecuador, 1964.
Organizer, chairman, member Executive Board Ann Arbor Citizens' Council. Board directors Council American Affairs and World Events, Detroit, 1930-1974. Lecturer Mott Foundation, Flint, 1942.
Associate organizer Michigan Federation Teachers. President, 1936-1937, Wesleyan Foundation, 1948. Member American Society Newspaper Editors (distinguished achievement in journalism, life member), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Teachers Journalism, American Association of University Professors, American Federation Teachers (past president, secretary), American Civil Liberties Union (member of national committee), Jackson Fund for Civil Liberties.
Married Flossie Wilson, August 31, 1921 (divorced May 1943). Married Margaret Elizabeth Weber, February 26, 1944. Children: Margaret E., Wesley H. Junior, Marilyn.