Walter L. Willigan

Walter Luke Willigan (October 13, 1907 – September 20, 1974) was an American historian, sociologist, and educator who taught at St. John's University for forty years.

[2] After getting his master's degree, Willigan began teaching social sciences at Boys High School in Brooklyn in 1930, and also taught some sociology classes at St. John's.

In 1955, he contributed an article ("Freedom and Labor") to another collective work by St. John's faculty members: Carl W. Grindel (ed.

He was a technical editor for the Christian Social History Series, which was published by W. H. Sadlier, Inc., in collaboration with the Curriculum Committee of the New York State Council of Catholic School Superintendents.

During his academic career, he contributed articles to High Points, The Magnificat, Catholic Association for International Peace News, The Journal of the Brooklyn State Hospital Psychiatric Forum, The Tablet, and Sadlier Educationotes.

Willigan's final article was a chapter ("Conscience, Conflict and the Crusades") in Frank J. Coppa, (ed.