Background
Cassell, William Comyn was born on October 8, 1933 in Vallejo, California, United States. Son of Comyn R. and Emily E. (Duckwith) Cassell.
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William Comyn Cassell
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William Comyn Cassell, American college president. Recipient Brakeley award for Outstanding College Development American Alumni Council, 1968, National Fund Raising Council award, 1969; named Outstanding Young Man of Year, Claremont, California, 1967, an Idaho Distinguished Citizen, 1977, honorary Very Important Person Station KIDO, Boise, Citizen of Year City of Tiffin, 1991.
Education
Bachelor, Pomona College, 1956. Master of Arts, Claremont Graduate School, 1969. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lakeland College, 1977.
Doctor of Laws, William Penn College. Doctor in Business Administration, Won Kwang University. Master of Business Administration, Heidelberg College.
Doctor of Letters, Heidelberg College.
Career
Broker Hornblower and Weeks, Inc., Orange, California, 1958-1964. Assistant to treasurer Claremont (California) College, 1964-1965. Director income trusts and bequests California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1965-1969.
Director development public relations Menninger Foundation, Topeka, 1969-1970. Director development University Denver, 1970-1974. President College of Idaho, Caldwell, 1974-1980, Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio, 1980-1996, president emeritus, since 1996.
Consultant Ford Foundation, Phelps-Stokes Fund, Congress of Northern Marianas Islands, others. Honorary consul general Nepal. Board directors Fifth-Third Bank Northern Ohio.
Achievements
Membership
Active Parks and Recreation Commission, Claremont, 1967-1969, City Council, Bow Mar, Colorado, 1967-1969. Advisory board Salvation Army, Caldwell, Western Electric Fund. Trustee Caldwell Memorial Hospital, chairman, 1976.
Member Idaho newspaper carrier scholarship selection committee. Member Missions on American Management and Educational Techniques to Indonesia and Jamaica. Mission leader Thailand on Education and Management.
Member White House Advisory Committee on Library. and Technology, White House Conference. Active Ohio Higher Education Facilities Commission, Depository Library. Commission of the United States.
Advisory committee chairman board Western Indiana College Funds. Board directors Tiffin Young Men’s Christian Association, Wood River Community Young Men’s Christian Association, since 2005. Chair Ketchum/Sun Valley Transit Authority.
Junior warden St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Chair advisory board Minnesota Public Radio of Wood River Valley, since 2000. Secretary, board directors Arts Foundation for the Wood River Valley, Croj Canyon Ranch Foundation Captain United States Army Reserve, 1957-1958.
Member Council for Advancement of Support of Education, Caldwell Chamber of Commerce (executive board director), Tiffin C. of c. (board directors, vice president), International Association University President (executive committee), World Business Council, North Center Accreditation Association (commissioner), American Council on Education (commission international education), Rotary (fellows selection committee district, Citizen of Year, Tiffin, Ohio 1991), Ketchum Sun Valley Rotary Club (member international projects committee Rotary district).
Connections
Married Jeanne Taylor, December 27, 1955. Children: Paul, Susan, David.
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Awards
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Recipient Brakeley award for Outstanding College Development American Alumni Council, 1968, National Fund Raising Council award, 1969. Named Outstanding Young Man of Year, Claremont, California, 1967, an Idaho Distinguished Citizen, 1977, honorary Very Important Person Station KIDO, Boise, Citizen of Year City of Tiffin, 1991.Recipient Brakeley award for Outstanding College Development American Alumni Council, 1968, National Fund Raising Council award, 1969. Named Outstanding Young Man of Year, Claremont, California, 1967, an Idaho Distinguished Citizen, 1977, honorary Very Important Person Station KIDO, Boise, Citizen of Year City of Tiffin, 1991.