| LC control no. | n 94049932 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Compton, Wilson Martindale, 1890-1967 |
| Variant(s) | Compton, Wilson M., 1890-1967 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Pullman (Wash.) |
| Birth date | 1890-10-15 |
| Death date | 1967-03-07 |
| Place of birth | Wooster (Ohio) |
| Place of death | Wooster, (Ohio) |
| Field of activity | Universities and colleges--Administration Education, Higher |
| Affiliation | College of Wooster Princeton University State College of Washington |
| Profession or occupation | College presidents College administrators |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Forest History Society for His Papers, 1923-1966 (Wilson Martindale Compton, 1890-1967; sec.-manager of National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 1918-1944; pres. Wash. St. College in Pullman, 1944-1951; member of U.S. St. Dept.'s policy planning staff, 1951-1953; dir. of Council for Financial Aid to Educ., 1953-1959) Leading the crimson and gray, 2019 : page 89 (Wilson M. Compton, 1945-1951) page 91 (born October 15, 1890 and raised in Wooster, Ohio) page 92 (graduated for College of Wooster) page 94 (doctorate in economics from Princeton in 1915) page 95 (Compton accepted offer from the WSC Board of Regents in October 1944 as president of WSC) page 109 (in April 1951 Compton resigned WSC) page 113 (later retired to Wooster, Ohio where dies on March 7, 1967) Wikipedia.org, viewed October 14, 2019 : Wilson Martindale Compton (born October 15, 1890, in Wooster, Ohio ; earned doctoral degree from Princeton University in 1915 ; in 1944 named fifth president of the State College of Washington by Board of Regents ; presidency ended in April 1951; died March 7, 1967, United States) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Martindale_Compton> |
| Associated language | eng |
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