Professor emeritus, 107, directed in-service teaching program
A longtime College of Education faculty member who was instrumental in creating Georgia’s in-service teaching program has died. He was 107.
Stanton Singleton (A.B.Ed. ’32, M.A. ’36) taught at the University of Georgia College of Education for 41 years, where he instructed future mathematics and science teachers. During his last decade at UGA he also helped organize and direct the statewide in-service education program for secondary teachers.
{.image_left .max_width_40} When Singleton retired in 1978 he was named Emeritus professor by the Georgia Board of Regents, as well as Emeritus Director of In-Service Learning.
“He had an enthusiasm for learning. Not just teaching, but the many different ways that you can learn,” said his daughter, Betty Fussell, during a tribute to Singleton by the Athens Kiwanis on his 101st birthday. “My father walks on the sunny side of the street. He is always optimistic, he always has a smile, and he tries so hard to influence other people with that "
Singleton began his teaching career in one-room schoolhouses in middle and south Georgia prior to attending UGA. After receiving his bachelor’s degree, Singleton continued to teach in public schools while studying for his master’s; he also served as principal of LaGrange high School and of a demonstration school operated by the College of Education.
But while working on his doctoral dissertation at The Ohio State University, he was called into military service and became a member of the Navy Air Force. He trained as a navigator and spent the duration of World War II at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he was an instructor.
Singleton married Margaret Slayton (B.A. ’34) in 1939; she died in 1998. A memorial service for family and friends will take place at 2 p.m. Thursday at Talmadge Terrace/Lanier Gardens in Athens.