Howard Alden Peebles
1879 - 1969
Although Howard Peebles was a modern language teacher, he was also an organist. A graduate of Union College, he began his career as a teacher at Bethel Academy, now Wisconsin Academy, where he taught for two years.
After spending six years in Central America in printing, he was hired to teach Spanish at Southwestern Junior College, now Southwestern Adventist University. While there, he also played organ for services and accompanied cantatas presented by the music department.
He moved to Walla Walla College, now University, in 1922, where he taught Spanish. He completed a master's degree at the University of Washington and served as head of the modern language department at WWC for eleven years.
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