People Woodard, William

William Woodard

William Parsons Woodard (September 10, 1896 – February 20, 1973), was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was a scholar of Japanese religion, and served as an advisor on religion and cultural resources during the allied command after World War II. In 1918 Woodard graduated from Kalamazoo College with a history degree. He spent a short period of military service as a sergeant during World War I. Woodard married Harriet Mead in May 1920 and graduated from Union Theological Seminary in 1921. Read more at Wikipedia...

Born: 1896
Died: 1973

Occupation(s): academic
Associated Place(s): Japan
Associated Subject(s):  Missionaries, Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952

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