Upper Darby High School - Oak Yearbook (Upper Darby, PA)

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is upenntenbent Mr. John II. Tyson For his years of service to Upper Darby School District from 1919 to 1957, twenty- four years as principal and fourteen as su- perintendent, during which he served untir- ingly in the promotion of teacher welfare in the Upper Darby Community, the Upper Darby Branch of the Pennsylvania State Educational Association in this, the centen- nial year of our national organization, pre- sents to Superintendent John H. Tyson a life membership in the National Association as an expression of appreciation for his out- standing contribution to the teaching pro- fession in the Upper Darby Community.” This citation, presented to Mr. Tyson in January, 1957, briefly sums up his career in the Upper Darby School System. Although few students have the opportunity of know- ing Mr. Tyson personally, those who do realize that he is genuinely interested in them as individuals and as a school group. 22 Mr. Tyson consulting with one of his assistants, Mr. Lewis O. Goas.