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Tireman was born in Orchard, Iowa, in 1896. The farming community in which he was raised emphasized quality education and tied the schools closely to the local community. For Iowans of that time good schools produced good citizens, and community interest in education was high. Tireman benefited from this attention, graduating from Fayette High School in 1913 and continuing his education at Upper Iowa State University. He graduated in 1917, in time to enlist for service in World War I, after which he returned to Iowa, married, and assumed a position as school superintendent in Hanlontown, the first of several superintendencies he held. In 1924 he earned an M.A. in education from the University of Iowa at Iowa City and continued there until he was granted a Ph.D. in 1927. That year he left Iowa for a position on the faculty of the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque. New...
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