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BRIi86-123THE CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITYP.O.Box 2008 New Britain, Connecticut 06050 (203)827-7700Office of the PresidentIRESOLUTIONHONORINGDR. HERBERT D. WELTESeptember 5, 1986WHEREAS,Dr. Herbert D. Welte is acknowledged as one of the pioneers ofAmerican public higher education, andWHEREAS,Dr. Welte served the people of Connecticut as the last principal ofThe State Normal School at New Britain, the only president of TheTeachers College of Connecticut, and the first president of CentralConnecticut State College, andWHEREAS,Dr. Welte was president of the American Association of Colleges forTeacher Education, president and vice president of the Associationof Teacher Education Institutions, president and secretary of theEastern States Association of Professional Schools for Teachers,vice president and president of the New England Teacher PreparationAssociation, andWHEREAS,Dr. Welte was a member of the Executive Camnittees of the AmericanAssociation of Teachers Colleges, the National Council forAccreditation of Teacher Education and the Connecticut Council forHigher Education; was a member of the Cmittee on HigherInstitutions of the New England Association of Colleges & SecondarySchools, a member of camnittees of the American Association ofState Colleges & Universities, andWHEREAS,Dr. Welte provided the leadership that molded the former NormalSchool at New Britain into the multi-faceted College thateventually became a major University in the Northeast, andWHEREAS,Dr. Welte attained both regional and national honors upon hisretirement from this system in 1968 through his dedication toexcellence in education and his devotion to the generations ofyoung people served by the institutions he guided, therefore, be itRESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of Connecticut State University todayhonors the memory of Herbert David Welte for his imneasurablecontributions to the profession of education in this state andnation and extends its deepest sympathies to his wife and family.A Certified True Copy:'Central Connecticut State UniversityEastern Connecticut State UniversityNew BritainWillimanticSouthern Connecticut State University New HavenWestern Connecticut State University DanburyAn Equal Opportunity Employer
DR. HERBERT D. WELTEThe man whose name was f o r n e a r l y a h a l f a c e n t u r y synonymousw i t h h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n i n C o n n e c t i c u t d i e d S e p t . 2 a t h i s home i nSimsbury-a.H e r b e r t David Welte, 88, f o r 39 y e a r s was p r e s i d e n t of whati s today C e n t r a l Connecticut S t a t e University, New B r i t a i n .When D r . Welte r e t i r e d from C e n t r a l i n 1968, h e was t h eAmerican c o l l e g e / u n i v e r s i t y p r e s i d e n t w i t h t h e l o n g e s t t e n u r e i no f f i c e i n the nation.He came t o t h e t h e n S t a t e Normal School a t New B r i t a i n i n1929, was t h e o n l y p r e s i d e n t o f Teachers C o l l e g e o f C o n n e c t i c u t(1933-1959) and was t h e f irsti p r e s i d e n t of C e n t r a l C o n n e c t i c u tS t a t e College, predecessor t o t h e u n i v e r s i t y .F. Don James o f Simsbury, p r e s i d e n t of C e n t r a l and s u c c e s s o rt o D r . Welte t o d a y s a i d :"The d e a t h of H e r b e r t D. Welte marks t h e p a s s i n g of a n era i nAmerican e d u c a t i o n .Herb Welte was a p i o n e e r i n p u b l i c h i g h e re d u c a t i o n , one of t h e major f o r c e s t h a t molded former t e a c h e rt r a i n i n g i n s t i t u t i o n s i n t o major u n i v e r s i t i e s s e r v i n g a l l segmentsof t h e American s o c i e t y today.
He was a l e a d e r among e d u c a t o r s , a d e d i c a t e d t e a c h e r p u r s u i n ge x c e l l e n c e i n academic p u r s u i t s and a man deeply devoted t o t h eyoung people of n o t only h i s c o l l e g e , but t o t h e young people oft h i s nation.He was t h e p r e s i d e n t of p r e s i d e n t s , a man h i g h l y admired anda very w a r m and valued f r i e n d . "Born i n David C i t y , Nebraska, t h e youngest of seven sons ofMr. and Mrs. Joseph Welte, he came t o New England t o carve an a t i o n a l r e p u t a t i o n i n p u b l i c h i g h e r education.Following e x p e r i e n c e as a t e a c h e r and s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of-as c h o o l s i n h i s home s t a t e , and s e r v i c e d i n t h e U.S.Navy, hej o i n e d t h e f a c u l t y of S t a t e Teachers College i n Mayville, NorthDakota, i n 1925 as dean of men and head of t h e Department ofEducation.I n 1927 he became a r e s e a r c h a s s i s t a n t a t t h eU n i v e r s i t y of Iowa, l e a v i n g i n 1929 f o r t h e p r i n c i p a l s h i p of t h eNormal School i n New B r i t a i n .He s e r v e d as p r e s i d e n t of t h e American Assn. of Colleges f o rTeacher Education; wasand v i c e p r e s i d e n t of t h eA s s o c i a t i o n of Teachers Education I n s t i t u t i o n s ; was s e c r e t a r y andp r e s i d e n t of t h e E a s t e r n S t a t e s A s s o c i a t i o n of P r o f e s s i o n a lSchools f o r Teachers; v i c e p r e s i d e n t and p r e s i d e n t of t h e NewEngland Teacher P r e p a r a t i o n Assn., and s e r v e d on committees of t h eAmerican Assn. of S t a t e Colleges and U n i v e r s i t i e s .
D r . Welte, who s e r v e d as a l e c t u r e r a t Yale U n i v e r s i t y f o rf i v e y e a r s (1949-54), s e r v e d on t h e Executive Committee, AmericanAssn. of Teachers Colleges; Executive Committee, N a t i o n a l Councilf o r A c c r e d i t a t i o n of Teacher Education; N a t i o n a l Commission onA c c r e d i t i n g ; Committee on Higher I n s t i t u t i o n s of t h e New EnglandAssn. of C o l l e g e s & Secondary Schools, and was a member of t h eExecutive Committee, Connecticut Council f o r Higher Education.A member of s e v e r a l e d u c a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s , i n c l u d i n g P h iD e l t a Kappa, honorary s o c i e t y f o r p r o f e s s i o n a l e d u c a t o r s , he was ap a s t p r e s i d e n t and s e c r e t a r y of t h e New B r i t a i n Rotary Club, aamember of t h e Round Table of New B r i t a i n and a c o r p o r a t o r of NewB r i t a i n General H o s p i t a l .He was honored as "Educator of t h e Yearw by t h e New B r i t a i nProbus Club i n 1961 and was s e l e c t e d "Man of t h e Yearw by t h e NewB r i t a i n P r e s s Club I n 1964.B r i t a i n Chambon behalf ofI n 1966 he w a s honored by t h e N e wand was r e c i p i e n t of numerous honorsrs, t h e Board of T r u s t e e s f o rConnecticut S t a t e College and;' t h e Executive Branch o f t h e s t a t egovernment upon h i s r e t i r e m e n t .C e n t r a l ' s a u d i t o r i u m wasd e d i c a t e d i n h i s honor i n 1963.He was l i s t e d i n "Who's Who i n America,"nWho8s Who i nAmerican Education," "Who's Who i n t h e E a s t n and wBiographicalEncyclopedia of t h e World."
I n 1968, j u s t b e f o r e h i s r e t i r e m e n t , t h e H e r b e r t D. WelteC h a i r was e s t a b l i s h e d t o b r i n g s c h o l a r s t o t h e campus.He r e c e i v e d t h e b a c h e l o r ' s d e g r e e from Nebraska S t a t eT e a c h e r s C o l l e g e , Kearney, Neb. I n 1924; t h e master of a r t s (1925)and t h e Ph.D.(1929) from t h e S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y of Iowa, Iowa C i t y .He l e a v e s h i s w i f e ,A l e t h a Mag Boulden Welte of Simsbury; twos o n s K e i t h J o s e p h Welte and H e r b e r t David Welte J r . b o t h of NorthDakota; and a d a u g h t e r , Mrs. Richard D. ( E i l e e n F r a n c e s ) Harris ofHe wasAvon and s e v e r a l g r a n d c h i l d r e n and great g r a n d c h i l d r e n .p r e d e c e a s e d by a n o t h e r d a u g h t e r Mrs. John ( E l i z a b e t h Ann) Lund.C a l l i n g h o u r s w i l l be on Thursday ( S e p t . 4 ) from 7-9 p.m.t h e Vincent F u n e r a l Home, 120 Albany Turnpike, Canton.s e r v i c e s w i l l be h e l d F r i d a y a t 11 a.m.atMemoriala t the B u r l i n g t o nC o n g r e g a t i o n a l Church, Route 4, B u r l i n g t o n C e n t e r .Memorial d o n a t i o n s i n l i e u of f l o w e r s c a n be s e n t t o TheWelte S o c i e t ya t i o n , PO Box 612, N e w B r i t a i n , CT 06050-# I #CO,,'h4eNy\iv *,&9 h A Yqr51der;f.c h , a7,usJPeSK , ?J-4-
with higher education in Connecticut died Sept. 2 at his home in Simsbury . - a Herbert David Welte, 88, for 39 years was president of what is today Central Connecticut State University, New Britain. When Dr. Welte retired from Central in 1968, he was the American college/university p
