Tapping, Theodore Hawley, 1889-1969.

Secretary of University of Michigan Alumni Association.

T. Hawley Tapping was born on Aug. 13, 1889, in Peoria, IL. He attended the University of Michigan literary college from 1907 to 1909. Tapping then received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of Iowa in 1911.

Tapping began his career as newspaper editor for two years for several newspapers, including the Peoria Transcript of Peoria, IL. He then returned to the University of Michigan to receive his law degree in 1916. During World War I, Tapping served with the 343rd U.S. Infantry of the American Expeditionary Force in France for two years, rising to the rank of captain.

T. Hawley Tapping was a member of the Acacia fraternity and was national editor for that social fraternity in 1920-28. In addition, Tapping in 1921 became state editor of the Grand Rapids Press . In 1922-23, he was appointed Ann Arbor correspondent for the Booth Newspapers of Michigan. And in 1923, he became Field Secretary for the U-M Alumni Association, later General Secretary and editor-in-chief of the Michigan Alumnus . He retired in 1958.

Following his retirement, Tapping was appointed to the United Board of New York as a consultant to Stillman University in the Philippines, a Presbyterian Church supported institution. In 1962 he was named by the Washtenaw County Chapter of the American Red Cross as a consultant for its fund-raising drive to build the chapter's present headquarters on Packard Rd.

Tapping died on February 17, 1969.