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Toombs, William Edgar was born on February 2, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edgar and Cordelia (Parry) Toombs.
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William Edgar Toombs, American education educator. Recipient Howard Bowen award Association for Study of Higher Education, 1995. Board directors Westminster Foundation, Philadelphia, 1961-1963; trustee African Scholarship Program: American United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963-1967. Captain United States Navy, 1942-1946. 50-53, retired United States Naval Reserve.
Education
Bachelor of Science, West Chester University, 1942. AM, University Pennsylvania, 1949. Postgraduate, United States Navy Postgraduate School, 1951.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1971.
Career
Dean of men, associate professor, Drexel U., Philadelphia, 1953-1966; assistant to dean, Horace Rackham School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1967-1971; associate professor, senior researcher, Pennsylvania State University, State Colonel, 1971-1981; director, professor Center Study Higher Education, Pennsylvania State University, State Colonel, 1981-1986; professor, Pennsylvania State University, State Colonel, 1986-1989; professor emeritus, Pennsylvania State University, State Colonel, since 1989. Consultant TAS Associations, State Colonel, Pennsylvania, since 1989.
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Board directors Westminster Foundation, Philadelphia, 1961-1963. Trustee African Scholarship Program: American United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963-1967. Captain United States Navy, 1942-1946.
50-53, retired United States Naval Reserve.
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Married Jean I. Buckley, March 8, 1943. Children: W. Scott, Gwenyth, David E.
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Presbyterian
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