Background
Anderson, William Arthur was born on May 7, 1922 in Page County, Iowa, United States. Son of Arthur and Martha Anderson.
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William Arthur Anderson
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Bachelor magna cum laude, Tarkio College, 1943; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Tarkio College, 1963; postgraduate, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1943; postgraduate, Vanderbilt University, 1944; Master of Science, Iowa State University, 1951; Doctor of Education, U. Nebraska, 1960; D of Pedagogy (honorary), Buena Vista College, 1973; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Morningside College, 1975.
Career
Teacher science and mathematics, Villisca (Iowa) High School, 1946-1948;
principal, Villisca (Iowa) High School, 1946-1948;
superintendent, Villisca Community Schools, 1951-1957;
superintendent, Clarinda (Iowa) Community Schools, 1957-1961;
superintendent, Cedar Falls (Iowa) Community Schools, 1961-1966;
superintendent, Sioux City (Iowa) Community Schools, 1966-1976;
superintendent, Hampton City (Virginia) Public Schools, 1976-1980;
superintendent, Des Moines Community Indiana School District, since 1980. Member governor's commission intergovernmental relations, 1963-1966, Title III state advising committee, 1968, task force on teacher education and certified, 1984. Chairman educational television committee Northwest Iowa, 1966-1968.
Administrator representative State Merit Pay Committee,1968. Board directors Iowa Center Research in School administration, 1962-1966, Upper Midwest Regional Education Laboratory, 1969-1971, Teachers Corps Policy, 1980-1981.
Achievements
Membership
Member advising committee State Fire Marshall, 1964-1966. Education division leader United Way, 1981, board directors, 1984. Chairman Goals for Sioux City Study, 1974-1975.
Trustee Briar Cliff College, Sioux City, 1981, Des Moines Science Center, 1982. Board directors Hampton City Library, Junior Achievement Center Iowa, 1980-1981, Hampton Employees Retirement System, vice chairman, Morningside College, 1975-1978, 81-84. Member American Association School Adminstrs.
(Executive Committee 1975-1978, committee advancement school administration 1985-1987), Iowa Association School Adminstrs. (president 1961-1962), Iowa State Education Association (Executive Board directors 1960-1965, president 1962-1963, named one of Top 100 Educators in the United States 1984, 87).
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Married Joyce (Peg) Nesbit. Children: Kathy, Kerry.
