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EDINGTON, Will

Source: Indianapolis Star, Sun 13 March 1977 p 93

Greencastle – Dr. Will Edington, 90, New Castle, a former DePauw University professor and former resident of Greencastle died yesterday in Henry County Hospital at New Castle. He was chairman of the department of mathematics and astronomy at DePauw from 1930 until his retirement in 1953.  Earlier he had taught at the University of Colorado, Penn State University, the University of New Mexico and Purdue University. He was graduated from Indiana State University and the University of Illinois. In 19 60 ISU conferred on him Its Distinguished Alumni Award. He was a former president of the Greencastle Rotary Club and Indiana Academy of Science. He was a charter member of the Mathematics Association of America and the American Association of University Professors. He was national scholarship chairman of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Walnut Ridge Cemetery in Rush County. Survivors include a son, William Edington of Flushing, Mich. – kbz
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