Walter William Marquardt (1878–1962)

Location: Burauen North Central Campus 2, Jaro–Dagami–Burauen–Lapaz Road, Burauen, Leyte

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: April 5, 1987

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text (Filipino):

WALTER WILLIAM MARQUARDT 

(1878–1962)

IPINANGANAK NOONG SETYEMBRE 10, 1878 SA DAYTON, OHIO, ESTADOS UNIDOS. TANYAG NA EDUKADOR NA AMERIKANO NA DUMATING SA KAPULUAN NOONG 1901. TAGAPAGTATAG AT GURO NG MABABANG PAARALAN NG BURAUEN, LEYTE; PUNONG GURO NG LEYTE HIGH SCHOOL, SUPERINTENDENTE NG DIBISYON NG MGA PAARALAN, TACLOBAN, LEYTE; PUNONG GURO, PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES, MAYNILA; SUPERINTENDENTE NG MGA PAARALAN, LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA; PANGALAWANG KATULONG NG DIREKTOR AT DIREKTOR NG EDUKASYON; AT REHENTE NG PAMANTASAN NG PILIPINAS, 1916–1919. KINATAWAN NG EDUKASYON AT NANGASIWA SA MGA PENSYONADONG PILIPINO SA MGA PAMANTASAN SA E.U., 1920–1924. IKINASAL KAY ALICE HOLLISTER, ISANG GURONG TAGA LAKE LINDEN, MICHIGAN NATALAGA SA DAGAMI, LEYTE. NAMATAY NOONG HUNYO 18, 1962.

Marker text (English):

WALTER WILLIAM MARQUARDT 

(1878–1962)

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1878 IN DAYTON, OHIO, UNITED STATES. FOREMOST AMERICAN EDUCATOR WHO CAME TO THE PHILIPPINES IN 1901. FOUNDER AND TEACHER OF BURAUEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LEYTE; PRINCIPAL OF LEYTE HIGH SCHOOL, DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOL, TACLOBAN, LEYTE; PRINCIPAL, PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES, MANILA; SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, CITY OF MANILA; SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1916–1919. PHILIPPINE EDUCATION AGENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND SUPERVISED THE EDUCATION OF SEVERAL HUNDRED PENSIONADOS IN THE U.S. UNIVERSITIES, 1920–1924. MARRIED TO ALICE HOLLISTER, A TEACHER FROM LAKE LINDEN MICHIGAN, ASSIGNED IN DAGAMI, LEYTE. DIED ON JUNE 18, 1962.