Herbert D. Welte

(1898-1986) born at David City, Butler County, and lived at Kearney. Educator, administrator, served as president of Central Connecticut State University from 1929 to 1968 when the campus grew from two buildings to twenty, from 286 female students to over 9,000 coeds, from 18 teachers to 582 faculty members, and when the institution experienced changes in names, standards, curriculum, and preparation for university status in 1983. Consult obituaries in New Britain, CT Herald, September 3, 1986, pp. 1, 15 and New York Times, September 5, 1986, p. A-20 and Anthony R. Cannella, The Public Vision of Herbert D. Welte (Central Connecticut State University, 1988) and Who Was Who in America, Vol 9 (1989) 374.

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