WILLIAM F. SPRENGER ’47

WILLIAM F. SPRENGER, 86, a social worker who had been managing director of community services for United Way of Central Maryland, died Mar. 23, 2011. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and received his master’s degree in social work from the University of Pennsylvania. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II and later in the Naval Reserve. In 1976 he was named Social Worker of the Year by the Maryland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. At United Way, he supervised new projects such as the funding for sickle cell anemia programs and the organization of PUSH, Project Urban Self-Help. Survivors include his wife, Johanna Walti Sprenger, and two children.