Background
Peters, William Hilmer was born on September 10, 1933 in Milwaukee.
Peters, William Hilmer was born on September 10, 1933 in Milwaukee.
Bachelor of Science, Marquette University, 1956. Master of Science, University Wisconsin, 1965. Doctor of Education, University Virginia, 1968.
English teacher, Greenfield (Wisconsin) High School, 1958-1966; fellow, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1966-1968; assistant professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1968-1971; associate professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1972-1979; professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1979-1981; chair department curriculum and instruction, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1977-1981; Professor of English education, Texas A & M U., College Station, since 1981; head department education curriculum and instruction, Texas A & M U., 1981-1990.
President Kentucky Council Teachers English, Lexington, 1973-1974. Member National Council Teachers English (chair committee on research on teacher effectiveness, conference on English education 1981-1989, member standing committee on teacher preparation and certified since 1989), Texas Council Teachers English, American Educational Research Association, Southwest Educational Research Association, Conference on English Education.
Married Mary Joan Stanecki, January 28, 1956. Children: Jacqueliyn Jo Peters Rieck. Victoria Lynn Peters Westin, Bradley Christopher.