Marshall, William
H. (1931 - )
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| William
H. Marshall |
William H. Marshall's
interest in child development led him to home economics in the
1950s, at a time when few men were entering the profession.
Marshall earned a BA
in Psychology and Sociology from Ohio Wesleyan University (1953),
an MA in Child Psychology and Preschool Education from the State
University of Iowa (1955), and an EdD in Family Studies from Columbia
University (1960). He then completed a twelve-month post-doctoral
fellowship in marriage and family therapy at the Merrill Palmer
Institute in Detroit. He spent five years on the faculty of Michigan
State University and three years at West Virginia University.
Marshall then joined
the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he held
a position as professor of Child and
Family Studies from 1969 to 1990. He also served as Associate
Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and Director
of the School of Family Resources and Consumer Sciences from 1969
to 1973.
In addition to his
research in family studies, Marshall published extensively on
contemporary developments in home economics.