Bio: Wagner, William – Bowling Green PHD Graduate (1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Wagner, Witt

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 20 Apr 1972

Recent graduates in their respective fields were William and Richard Wagner, sons of Mrs. Florence and the late William S. Wagner, owner and published of the Thorp Courier until his death in 1966.

William D. Wagner was among the graduates at the Spring Commencement of Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. His doctoral dissertation was a critical analysis of the stories of Hamlin Garland, a Wisconsin writer of the late 1800's.

He received the B.S. in Education from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire and the M.A. from Bowling Green State University. He has taught at Bowling Green State University and in public school in Rossford, Ohio, as well as Shell Lake and Menomonie, Wisconsin. For the past six years, Doctor Wagner has been Assistant Professor of English at Findlay College in Findlay, Ohio.

He is married to the former Janice Witt of Stanley, and they have four children.