Thomas Walter Butcher
President of Central State Normal School (1906-1908)
Biographical Information
- Born July 3, 1867 in Industry, Illinois
- Married Mary W. Peck on July 3, 1900. They had three children
- Died July 14, 1947 in Emporia, Kansas
Education
- 1887- 1890 Attended Garfield University, Wichita, Kansas
- 1894 A.B. University of Kansas
- 1904 M.A. Harvard University
- 1908- 1909 Traveled in Europe and studied at the University of Berlin, Germany
Employment
- 1890 - 1891 Teacher at a Kansas country school
- 1894 - 1897 Principal of Wellington High School, Wellington, Kansas
- 1897 - 1906 Organizer and Principal of Sumner County High School, Kansas
- 1906 - 1908 Elected as President of then Central State Normal School in 1906. Resigned from the Presidency of Central State Normal School in June 1908
- 1909 - 1913 Superintendent of schools in Enid, Oklahoma
- 1913 - 1943 President of Kansas State Normal School (Now Emporia State University), Emporia, Kansas
- 1913 Authored The Common Sense Spelling Book in Two Parts (J.E. Dyche Publishing Co.)
- 1943 Retired and became President Emeritus of Emporia State Teachers College after serving as president for 30 years
Awards and Affiliations
- 1923 Delegate to the Illiteracy Conference in Denver, Colorado
- 1920 Delegate to the Citizens Conference on Education in Kansas City, Missouri
- 1919 - 1920 Member of the National Council of Normal School Presidents and Principals
- 1913 - 1933 Member of the Kansas State Board of Education
Member of the Oklahoma State Teachers Association (President 1911)
Member of the Kansas State Teachers Association (President 1905 - 1904 Member and Secretary of the International Jury of Awards on Social and Industrial Betterment of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri
- 1903 - 1907 Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Kansas
- 1900 - 1906 Member of the City Council of Wellington, Kansas
