Background
Meacham, William Shands was born on January 15, 1900 in St. Petersburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Benjamin T. and Julia Amanda (Webb) Meacham.
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William Shands Meacham
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William Shands Meacham, American journalist, penologist. Recipient Lee Editorial award for distinguished editorial writing, 1938; Distinguished award American Cancer Society, 1962, Distinguished Citizenship award Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association, 1968; citation City of Norfolk, 1975; decorated officer Order British Empire, 1963.
Education
Student College of William and Mary (Richmond Division), 1918-1921. Student New York University School of Journalism, 1925.
Career
Stepsons—Robert Bowen Ault, William Upshur Ault. Reporter, Norfolk Ledger Dispatch, 1925-1926. Editor Danville (Virginia) Register, 1926-1936.
Associate editor Richmond Times-Dispatch, September 1936-1942.
First parole commissioner, 1942-1947. Editorial contributor New York.Y. Times, 1947-1964.
Editorial page editor Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 1960-1963, visiting lecturer Graduate School, New York University First chairman Housing Authority City of Richmond, 1940-1941. Vice chairman Norfolk Public Library System, 1973, chairman, 1946-1976.
President Mental Health Association Virginia, 1946.
Trustee Norfolk Historic Foundation, Association Preservation Virginia Antiquities. Chairman research committee Virginia Education Commission, 1944. Member Virginia Social Science Assr.
(president 1941), Virginia Conference Social Work (president 1939-1940).
Board directors National Association Mental Health representing Southern region United States, 1951-1954. Member International Penal and Penitentiary Commission 1950.
Chairman American Congress Corrections, Long Beach, California, 1947. Member White House Conference on Parole, 1939.
United States delegate World Penal Congress, The Hague, 1950.
Member 5th White House Conference on Children, 1950.
Achievements
Membership
Member Virginia Social Science Assr. (president 1941), Virginia Conference Social Work (president 1939-1940). Member International Penal and Penitentiary Commission 1950.
Member White House Conference on Parole, 1939.
United States delegate World Penal Congress, The Hague, 1950. Member 5th White House Conference on Children, 1950.
Member English-Speaking Union (president Norfolk-Portsmouth 1960).
Connections
Married Margaret Ball Henkel, September 17, 1931 (divorced). Married second, Margaret Upshur Ault, May 15, 1955.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Episcopalian
Awards
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Recipient Lee Editorial award for distinguished editorial writing, 1938. Distinguished award American Cancer Society, 1962, Distinguished Citizenship award Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association, 1968. Citation City of Norfolk, 1975.tempSpaceDecorated officer Order British Empire, 1963.Recipient Lee Editorial award for distinguished editorial writing, 1938. Distinguished award American Cancer Society, 1962, Distinguished Citizenship award Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association, 1968. Citation City of Norfolk, 1975.tempSpaceDecorated officer Order British Empire, 1963.