Willard Earl Givens Explained

Willard Earl Givens (1886–1971) was an American educator, notable as the executive secretary of the National Education Association from 1935 to 1952.^[1] Before this he was president of the California Education Association. He described himself as a Socialist, but opposed Communism, generally supporting President Franklin Roosevelt.^[2] As head of the NEA he helped teachers organize for higher salaries.^[3]

Willard E. Givens served on the National Conference On Citizenship Board of Directors in 1960.

Bibliography

• "Education for the New America," a report given at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the NEA, Washington D.C., July 1934.
• "Progress and problems of our association," Proceedings of the Seventy-Fifth Annual Meeting Held in Detroit, Michigan June 27 to July 1, 1937, Volume 75, 1937.
• "The Association Of Nations", 1955.
• "Communism Menaces Freedom" (with Belmont M. Farley), anti-communist pamphlet, 1962
• The Reminiscences of Dr. Willard E. Givens, typescript, Oral History Research Office, Columbia University, 1980. (Sixty-six page transcription of a tape-recorded interview conducted by Paul Hopper with Givens in Washington, D.C. in 1968.)

Notes and References

1. http://www.s9.com/Biography/Givens-Willard-Earl Givens, Willard Earl
2. Givens, "Education for the New America"
3. "No Contract, No Work", Time Magazine, January 13, 1947.