Bio – Capitan, William H.

Capitan, William H.
Photo by Howard Hiner

Born: 1933-02-7 (Michigan)

Died: 2022-10-17 (St. Simons Island, GA)


Education:

  • 1954 B.A. (Philosophy) University of Michigan
  • 1958 M.A. (Philosophy) University of Minnesota
  • 1960 PhD (Philosophy) University of Minnesota

Served:

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College 1974-79

Acting President of West Virginia Wesleyan College 1975-76


Notes:

  • Studied for one year at Queen’s University in Belfast, Ireland under an Ulster-American Fellowship granted through the Horace Rackham School of Graduate Study at the University of Michigan
  • Studied in Paris 1967-68 on an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship Research Grant.
  • 1968-1970  Chair of the Philosophy Department at Oberlin College.
  • 1970-1972  Dean of Fine Arts at Saginaw Valley College, Michigan
  • 1972-1974  Vice President for Academic Affairs at Saginaw Valley College, Michigan
  • 1974  Acting President at Saginaw Valley College, Michigan
  • Capitan Named Academic Dean (Pharos 1974-04-02, p.1]
  • Dean Capitan Resigns (Sundial News 1979-03, p.1]
  • President of Georgia Southwestern College 1979-1995; President Emeritus 1995-2022.

Sources: Catalogs, Murmurmontis, Obituary, Sundials


PLM, updated 2022-10-19