Background
VALENTINE, William Robert was born on October 7, 1879 in Louden Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Stephen and Rosa (Pierson) Valentine.
principal Manual Training and Industrial School
VALENTINE, William Robert was born on October 7, 1879 in Louden Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Stephen and Rosa (Pierson) Valentine.
Montclair High School. Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts, 1904. Columbia, M. A., 1928.
Teachers College, Columbia, summer sessions, 1905-1906.
August 10, 1908. Principal, New Jersey Normal Training and Industrial School, Bordentown, since 1915. Engaged in bldg, up New Jersey State Educational Institute, and securing State appropriations. State spent approximately $2,000,000.00 in bldgs., grounds and equipments.
Supervising Principal in Public Schools of Indianapolis, Indiana., 1904-1915.
Member: Executive Committee of National. Urban League; National. Council of Young Men's Christian Association.
Interracial Committee New Jersey Conference Social Work. Executive Committee Federation of Colorado Organization. Pi Phi. Club: Harvard (Philadelphia).
Spouse Grace Booth.