Willard Earl Givens (1886–1971) was an American educator, notable as the executive secretary of the National Education Association from 1935 to 1952.[1] Before this he was president of the California Education Association. He described himself as a Socialist, but opposed Communism, generally supporting President Franklin Roosevelt.[2] As head of the NEA he helped teachers organize for higher salaries.[3]
Willard E. Givens served on the National Conference On Citizenship Board of Directors in 1960.
Bibliography
- "Education for the New America," a report given at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the NEA, Washington D.C., July 1934.
- "Progress and problems of our association," Proceedings of the Seventy-Fifth Annual Meeting Held in Detroit, Michigan June 27 to July 1, 1937, Volume 75, 1937.
- "The Association Of Nations", 1955.
- "Communism Menaces Freedom" (with Belmont M. Farley), anti-communist pamphlet, 1962
- The Reminiscences of Dr. Willard E. Givens, typescript, Oral History Research Office, Columbia University, 1980. (Sixty-six page transcription of a tape-recorded interview conducted by Paul Hopper with Givens in Washington, D.C. in 1968.)
References
- ^ Givens, Willard Earl at S9 Biographical Dictionary
- ^ Givens, "Education for the New America"
- ^ "No Contract, No Work", Time Magazine, January 13, 1947.
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