William Samuel (Bill) Griffith

William Samuel (Bill) Griffith
Born	1931 November 25 Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Died	1996 August 12 at the age of 64

William Samuel (Bill) Griffith was a dedicated adult educator.

Personal life

Working internationally at both applied and academic levels, Bill contributed intellectual excellence and hard work to a diversity of fields which mattered very much to him: literacy, family planning, agriculture, correction services - and the development of academic journals which fostered professional communities in each field.

Family was equally important to Bill. While at Pennsylvania State University, he met and married Beverly Ann Breland - they had three children: Thomas (1956), Kathryn (1958), Rebecca (1960), and five grandchildren.

Academic Life

1953 B Sc Pennsylvania State University

1950 - 1951 Kroger Fellowship
1952 - 1953 KDKA Fellowship

1955 MSc Louisiana State University - Dairy Science 1953 - 1954 Research Assistantship

1961 - 1963 University of Chicago Professor, Adult Education 1962 - 1963 Carnegie Fellowship

1963 PhD Adult Education University of Chicago

      Thesis topic: The Establishment of a Growth Model of Institutions of Adult Education

Professional Life

1963 - 1968 Assistant Professor of Education University of Chicago

1968 - 1977 Associate Professor of Education University of Chicago

1971 Visiting Professor of Adult Education North Carolina State University, Summer program

1971 Adult Education Quarterly with Ann P Hayes Extension Handbook: Processes and Practices, Second Edition

1972-1973 Fulbright-Hayes Senior Research Fellow: Australian National University; University of Sydney

1975-1977 US National Academy of Sciences - Field Research Associate

1977 - 1983 University of British Columbia Chair: Adult Education Division

1977 - 1996 University of British Columbia Professor - Adult Education

1978 - 1979 Member: Faculty Standing Personnel Committee

1978 - 1982 Education Faculty representative to Agricultural Sciences Faculty

1978 - 1982 Charter Coordinator - Adult Basic Education Consortium

1980 awarded the AEA/USA's Research to Practice Award

1980-1981 Adult Education Association Handbook Series in Adult Education

1981-1983 BC Ministry of Agriculture - project: Expanding Training Opportunities for Extension Workers

1981 - 1984 Coordinator of Program of Studies and Training in Correctional Education including recipient of $275,000. Donner Foundation grant

1982 - 1996 Lakeside Correctional Institution - Community Liaison Committee

1982 - 1984 President - Northwest Adult Education Association

1983 - 1996 Chair - Canadian Society of Extension - Professional Development Committee

Bill was interested in and worked for Planned Parenthood; USAID in population education; international education (material from countries ranging from Africa and Asia to Scotland and Sweden), correctional education (particularly for sex offenders), and population education (Planned Parenthood, population education in Egypt).

Other interests: was an active member of the Commission of Adult Education, the President of the Northwest Adult Education Association, the Chairman of the Commission of Professors of Adult Education and the President of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, he also served on the committee of the Adult Education Research Conference.

William Samuel (Bill) Griffiths is listed in Who's Who In America

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