Background
Newstetter, Wilber Irvin was born on November 30, 1896 in Massillon, Ohio, United States. Son of William Marcus and Laura (Vogt) Newstetter.
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Wilber Irvin Newstetter
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Education
Bachelor of Arts Pennsylvania, 1919. AM, Western Reserve University, 1922.
Career
Assistant buying agent, Glidden Company, 1919-1920; social worker, director, Woodland Center, Cleveland, 1920-1926; assistant professor group work, Western Reserve U., 1926-1930; associate professor, Western Reserve U., 1930-1934; professor, Western Reserve U., 1934-1938; director, University Centers, Cleveland, 1926-1938; director, Harkness and Wawokiye Camps, 1920-1933; director, Camp Northland, 1934-1944; dean School Social Work, U. Pittsburgh, 1938-1962; professor social administration, U. Pittsburgh, from 1938. Visiting professor U. Toronto, 1945.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors, member executive committee Community Chest of Allegheny Country. Member program committee National Conference Social Work, 1941, chairman section VI, community organization and planning, San Francisco, 1947, member executive committee, 1949-1951. Member study committee National Council on Social Work Education, 1948-1952, treasurer, 1952-1954.
Board directors Health and Welfare Federation. Member Governor's Commission on Penal and Correctional Affairs, Pennsylvania From private to 1st lieutenant, field artillery United States Army, with Advertising Educational Foundation, 1918-1919. Member American Association Schools of Social Work (president 1938-1940, treasurer 1941-1942), American Association of University Professors, National Association Social Workers, Phi Gamma Delta.
Connections
Married Jessie Hinds Hayden, August 25, 1921. Children: Wilber Irvin, Jessie (Mistress Knights of Columbus Heald, Junior), John Hayden.
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Religion
Presbyterian