JOSEPH J. O'CONNOR
O'CONNOR, JOSEPH J: Superintendent of Schools; b Malay, Iowa Apr 10, 1913; s of J Edward O'Connor-Julia Shay; ed Malay HS 1930; Maryville State Tchrs Coll, Maryville Mo, BA 1934; mbr basketball team 4 years, capt 1934, mbr baseball team 4 years, capt 1934, George Peabody, Nashville Tenn; U of Colo; U of Iowa, MA 1940; Sigma Tau Delta; m Janet Sutton May 25, 1939 Bonsteel S D; 1934-36 prin & coach, Wiota; 1936- supt & coach, Wiota; coach of girls basketball, won 86% of games; coach of boys; baseball; coach of boys' basketball, won 91% of games over 6 year period; estab complete comml course & sch paper; Cass Co Schoolmasters Club, secy; Nishna Valley Conf Assn, pres; ISTA; hobbies: athletics, reading; wife tchr primary grades in Wiota since 1935; off & res Wiota.
Key to Abbreviations
From "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 200.
|
