Wall of Honor Collection - Walter B. Heischman, 1909-1992

              WALTER B. HEISCHMAN
APRIL 29, 1909 - OCTOBER 9, 1992
TEACHER, COACH
PRINCIPAL, SUPERINTENDENT
HIS CAREER IN EDUCATION SPANNED FOUR DECADES,
BEGINNING AFTER GRADUATION FROM CAPITAL UNIVERSITY
IN 1992.  HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING ATHLETE AND AN
OUTSTANDING COACH AT UPPER ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.
HE COACHED THE U.A.H.S. 1937 STATE CHAMPION
BASKETBALL TEAM AND THE 1941 STATE CHAMPION GOLF
TEAM. HE CAME TO THE U.A. SCHOOLS IN 1935 AS A
SCIENCE TEACHER. HE WAS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE "NEW" 
BARRINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM 1947 UNTIL HE
ASSUMED THE SUPERINTENDENCY IN 1951.  FOR THE LAST 21
YEARS OF HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER, HE SERVED AS
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE UPPER ARLINGTON SCHOOLS.
DURING HIS TENURE AS U.A. SUPERINTENDENT THE SCHOOL
SYSTEM GREW FROM 1912 STUDENTS WITH THREE SCHOOL 
BUILDINGS IN 1951, TO 9045 STUDENTS ANS 10 SCHOOL
BUILDINGS.
HE AND HIS WIFE, MARIAN, HAD ONE SON, STEPHEN.