Background
Haggard, William Wade was born on August 28, 1892 in Maryville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Christopher Columbus and Elizabeth (Wade) Haggard.
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William Wade Haggard
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AB, Maryville College, Tennessee, 1917; Doctor of Education, Maryville College, 1939; AM, University of Michigan, 1927; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1937.
Career
Teacher, Ishpeming (Michigan) High School, 1917-1919; principal, Petoskey (Michigan) High School, 1919-1921; principal, Arthur Hill High School, Saginaw, Michigan, 1921-1924; principal, Rockford (Illinois) High School, 1924-1928; spt., Joliet (Illinois) High school and Junior College, 1928-1939; president, Western Washington College of Education, Bellingham, Washington, 1939-1969; president emeritus, Western Washington College of Education, from 1959. Lecturer education U. Tennessee, Knoxville, from 1960, summers University of Wisconsin, 1930, Purdue University, 1938, 39.
Achievements
Membership
Second lieutenant Field Artillery, Center Officers' Training School, Camp Taylor, Kentucky, 1918. Member Association Teacher Education Institutions (director 1952-1955), National Association High School Prins. (president 1932-1933), American Association of Junior Colls.
(president 1936-1937), N. Center Association Colleges Secondary Schools (secretary 1938-1939), Washington Education Association, National Education Association, American Association of School Adminstrs., American Association of Teachers Colls. (chairman accrediting committee, 1947-1948), Masons, Rotary Club, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi.
Connections
Married Norma Swift, Aug.6, 1921 (deceased). Children: Margaret Jean, Wade Swift, Joan Elizabeth;m. 2d, Rachel Leona Peters, February 26, 1946.
