George W. Winans
President of Territorial Normal School of Oklahoma (1893-1894)
Biographical Information
- Born August 15, 1846 in Preston Hollow, New York
- Married Flora Belle Green on November 29, 1876 in Blue Rapids, Marshall County, Kansas. They had one daughter.
- Died January 14, 1918 in Hutchinson, Kansas
Education
- Not a "College" educated man [story of CSC, page 15]
- 1859- 1862, c. Attended high school in New York City
Employment
- 1862, c. - 1868, c. Taught school in New York state
- 1869, c. - 1872, c. Taught school at Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas
- 1874 - 1879 Taught school at Waterville, Marshall County, Kansas
- 1876 Elected County Superintendent of Marshall County Schools
- 1881 Traveled with a "Government surveying party" to the Panhandle region of Indian Territory [William G. Cutler's "History of the State of Kansas"]
- 1882 - 1883 Superintendent of Hutchinson City Schools, Hutchinson, Kansas
- 1889 - 1893 Kansas Superintendent of Public Instruction
- 1893 Elected by Board of Regents as "Principal" of then Territorial Normal School of Oklahoma on August 29 [Story of CSC, page 17]
- 1894 - 1903 Superintendent of Hutchinson City Schools, Hutchinson, Kansas 1894 Title changed to "President" on January 2 [Story of CSC, page 14] Resigned as President of Territorial Normal School at the end of school year [Story of CSC, page 17] Autumn, Superintendent of Schools at Hutchinson, Kansas [Story of CSC, page 18]
- 1905 Helped establish "The Interstate Schoolman", a monthly periodical "devoted to the interests of Kansas Teachers" [Harvard College Class of 1900 Secretary's Third Report, page 273]
- 1905 Selected as one of the first City Commissioners of Hutchinson, Kansas
- 1913 - 1918 Finance Commissioner of the City of Hutchinson, Kansas
Awards and Affiliations
- "Member of the A., F. & A.M., I.O.O.F., and A.O.U.W." [William G. Cutler's "History of the State of Kansas"]
