Background
Shimer, William Allison was born on May 17, 1894 in Freed, West Virginia, United States. Son of Elgridge Ellsworth and Celestine (Elliott) Shimer.
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William Allison Shimer
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Diploma, Glenville (West Virginia) Teachers College, 1914; AB, Harvard, 1918; AM, Harvard, 1925; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1925; AM, U. Rochester, 1922; Harvard fellow, U. Paris, 1925-1926; Doctor of Laws, George Washington University, 1938.
Career
Began as teacher, West Virginia rural schools, 1910; secretary, Student Young Men’s Christian Association, Rochester, 1919-1922; executive secretary, Harvard Graduate Schools Society, 1923-1925; instructor philosophy, Ohio State University, 1926-1929; assistant professor, Ohio State University, 1929-1930; general secretary, Foundation Moral Leadership, New York City, 1930-1932; president philosophy and psuchology section, Ohio College Association, 1927-1930; assistant secretary, United Chapters Phi Beta Kappa Foundation, 1930-1931; secretary, United Chapters Phi Beta Kappa Foundation, 1931-1943; founder and editor, The American Scholar, 1931-1943; editor, The Key Reporter, 1935-1942; dean faculty, John Howard Harris professor of Philosophy, Bucknell U., 1940-1943; president, Marietta College, 1945-1947; librn., Maunaolu College, Maui, Hawaii., from 1960. Visiting senior professor philosophical U. Hawaii, 1947-1951. Executive officer United States Ednl Common for France, 1949-1950.
Achievements
Membership
Co-director Asia-Pacific division World Brotherhood, 1951-1958, Hawaii chapter, 1958-1960, edit and studies secretary, 1958-1960. Chairman World's Sunday School Association, 1941-1945. Member International Council Religious Education.
Committee academic freedomAssn. American Colls.; committee accrediting procedure North Control Association Colls. Committee accreditation Ohio College Association Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association of University Professors, American Philosophical Association, American LEgion, Phi Beta Kappa, War Work Council (religious and educational secretary), Rotary, Harvard Club.
Connections
Children: Adair, Ellot Richmond. Married Dorothy E. Blair.
