William Hamm

William E. Hamm 

William E. Hamm, 78, of Waverly, Iowa, died on June 6, 2023 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Center in Waterloo. A native of Clarion, Iowa, and a graduate of Wartburg College, Hamm spent his entire career in higher education. He served as a vice president of admissions and university relations at California Lutheran University, president of Waldorf College, head of the Foundation of Independent Higher Education, and president of the Lutheran Educational Conference of North America. Hamm was interim president of Wartburg College during the 2008-09 academic year. Services, which will be held in the Wartburg Chapel, are pending and will be set for early fall. A complete obituary, including livestream information, will be published when that date has been determined.