Reflections: A Retrospective: What I Have Seen, What I Have Learned, What You Might Like to Know, and a Life Well Spent - Hardcover

Snyder, Milton Lee Pritchard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0996754555 ISBN 13: 9780996754552

Publisher: Milton Lee Pritchard Snyder, PH.D., 2018

Synopsis

At 88, Milton is sorting through his paperwork. He's gathering the memories and ephemera of his life herein so that his descendants will understand where they come from. He traces his parents' lives, the four branches of his ancestors, and then he touches on health issues of the families. We learn of his early life and education up to his marriage and earning his BA, then about his Korean War experience. Back from the war, he begins his teaching career and continues his education as his family grows.

He gathers information into this volume so that we may understand his long and fulfilling career in the supervision of schools and school districts. He includes his lectures and courses while teaching at the university level. During his second career he was an executive consultant to many technical education companies. He keeps stressing the benefits of a good public education for all, remembering that Horace Mann (who initiated the public school plan) had emphasized that a republic could not long remain ignorant and free.

Along the way we learn his political views and read some suggestions for keeping our democracy in these trying times. This book is full of family photos, letters, news clippings, remembrances and a fair dose of gratitude. There is plenty in this retrospective to keep future family members mesmerized!

About this title

About the Author

Milton Lee Pritchard Snyder, who was born in Weippe, Idaho in 1929, spent his early life on the farm and his education changed the course of his life. Following the death of his father, Milton Cooper Snyder, he moved to Lewiston, Idaho, graduating from Lewiston High School in 1947. He then received a BA in 1951 from Lewis Clark State College, known then as Northern Idaho College of Education. Service in the Korean War, 1951-1952, interrupted Milton's educational plans, but following the war he earned a Master's degree from the University of Washington, followed by a Ph.D. in 1973 from United States International University, known now as Alliant International University in San Diego, California. Milton has had a long career in education, serving as teacher and principal in Sunnyside and Richland, Washington; Superintendent of Schools for Anacortes, Marysville, and Federal Way School Districts in Washington State; Deputy Superintendent of Schools in Oakland, California; and Division Superintendent for Prince William County, Virginia School District in Manassas, Virginia. He also served as Deputy Executive Director for the American Association of School Administrators in Arlington, Virginia. During his work in Virginia as superintendent, he taught graduate courses in educational administration as Adjunct Professor for the University of Virginia and (VPI) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University at their northern Virginia centers. He continues to work for several educational technology firms from his home office in Washington state. Milton Lee Pritchard Snyder Ph.D., is a direct descendant of grandparents John Wesley Snyder, Mary Elizabeth Cooper, Walter Icen Pritchard and Jesse Lee Jordan-all born in the State of West Virginia. Three of his grandparents moved to the State of Idaho in the 1890s and early 1900s, while one, Walter Icen Pritchard remained in the Buchannon and Weston area much of his life.

Edition details

• Publisher: Milton Lee Pritchard Snyder, PH.D.
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0996754555
• ISBN 13: 9780996754552
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 276