William M. Hadley

William Moore Hadley (March 21, 1917 – June 29, 1992) was an American educator and school superintendent in active Alabama, Texas and Illinois.

Early life and education Hadley, the youngest child of Joseph William Hadley and Pauline Elizabeth Simmons Hadley, was born in Summerdale, Alabama, on March 21, 1917. He earned a teaching credential at Daphne State Normal School in Baldwin County, Alabama. He earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the University of Alabama. He completed doctoral studies at Teachers College, Columbia University in 1951. He was elected president of the Gulf Coast Administrators Association while he was working in Texas.