Wallace Sheldon Moreland ACE President 1941-42 Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
Wallace Moreland was born February 21, 1901, in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1926,
he received a bachelor's degree in poultry husbandry from Connecticut Agricultural
College, (now the University of Connecticut) where he quarterbacked the
university's football team in 1924.
Following graduation, he taught poultry husbandry and was assistant football
coach at Connecticut. In 1928, he became assistant extension
editor at Rutgers University. In 1931, he became extension editor, and in 1937, he was made an assistant
professor of journalism. In 1942, he was promoted to assistant to the president
at Rutgers, and in 1946 he became director of public relations.
He retired from Rutgers in 1963 and returned to the University of
Connecticut, where he worked in public relations, athletics, audio-visual
services and other activities. He retired again in 1972, and died
January 9, 1989 at the age of 87.
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