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==Background==

==Background==

Fawcett was born as William Fawcett Thompson in High Forest Township in Olmsted County near Rochester in southeastern [[Minnesota]]. The name "Fawcett" came from the [[physician]] who delivered him. His father, William Eaton Lawrence Thompson, was a [[Methodist]] [[pastor]] who encouraged young Bill to enter the ministry. On September 5, 1916, three days before his twenty-second birthday, Fawcett was licensed to preach by the Hamline Quarterly Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Minnesota.<ref name="William Fawcett">[http://brokenwheelranch.com/pete.htm William Fawcett"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Fawcett was born as William Fawcett Thompson in High Forest Township in Olmsted County near Rochester in southeastern [[Minnesota]]. The name "Fawcett" came from the [[physician]] who delivered him. His father, William Eaton Lawrence Thompson, was a [[Methodist]] [[pastor]] who encouraged young Bill to enter the ministry. On September 5, 1916, three days before his twenty-second birthday, Fawcett was licensed to preach by the Hamline Quarterly Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Minnesota.

During [[World War I]], Fawcett served as an [[ambulance]] driver in the [[United States Army]]. He graduated from Methodist-affiliated Hamline University in the capital city of [[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], Minnesota. Fawcett was decorated by the [[France|French]] [[government]] with the Légion d'honneur for his care of the wounded. After his military service, he went into acting, instead of the ministry, first in [[Canada]] and then in the [[United States]]. He had performed in church dramas and acted so convincingly that his mother would sometimes cry over his characterizations. He performed in repertory theater and stock companies during the 1920s and 1930s.<ref name="William Fawcett"/>

During [[World War I]], Fawcett served as an [[ambulance]] driver in the [[United States Army]]. He graduated from Methodist-affiliated Hamline University in the capital city of [[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], Minnesota. Fawcett was decorated by the [[France|French]] [[government]] with the Légion d'honneur for his care of the wounded. After his military service, he went into acting, instead of the ministry, first in [[Canada]] and then in the [[United States]]. He had performed in church dramas and acted so convincingly that his mother would sometimes cry over his characterizations. He performed in repertory theater and stock companies during the 1920s and 1930s.

In 1936, Fawcett procured his Ph.D. in English Renaissance theatre from the University of Nebraska at [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]]. He then became a [[professor]] of theater arts at [[Michigan State University]] in East Lansing, [[Michigan]].

In 1936, Fawcett procured his Ph.D. in English Renaissance theatre from the University of Nebraska at [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]]. He then became a [[professor]] of theater arts at [[Michigan State University]] in East Lansing, [[Michigan]].