The 1950s: Education: Deaths

THE 1950s: EDUCATION: DEATHS

Harold Allen, member of the National Education Association staff for twenty-six years, instrumental in rural and agricultural education, 3 November 1958.

Mary Ritter Beard, 82, U.S. historian who worked to include women in the predominantly male-centered history works, 14 August 1958.

Dr. Mary Kendrick Benedict, 81, first president of Sweet Briar College (Virginia), 10 February 1956.

Mildred C. Berleman, former editor of American Teacher, (1942-54), 8 November 1955.

Katherine Devereux Blake, 92, pioneer in education for women, organized first evening high school for women, 2 February 1950.

Ward C. Bowen, 64, chief of Audio and Visual Aids bureau and director of visual education for New York State Education Department, advisory consultant with CBS educational television, 1956.

Isaiah Brown, president emeritus of Johns Hopkins University and one of the world's leading geographers, 6 January 1950.

Samuel P. Capen, 78, first director of the American Council of Education, 22 June 1956.

Philander Priestley Claxton, 94, U.S. commissioner of education, 1911-1921, 12 January 1951.

Dr. Edmund E. Day, 67, president emeritus of Cornell University, one of the leaders responsible for Education Policies Commission of the NEA, March 23, 1951.

John Dewey, 92, distinguished philosopher and educator, known as the Father of Progressive Education in the United States, 1 June 1952.

Frederic Ernst, New York City deputy superintendent, responsible for radio and TV instruction for shut-in students, 30 May 1953.

Clyde A. Erwin, North Carolina state superintendent, involved with planning the 1952 Democratic platform, 19 July 1952.

William B. Featherstone, served as chief of educational division for the U.S. armed forces in Austria and supervised rehabilitation of Austrian schools during World War II, 12 April 1951.

Dr. Grace M. Fernald, 70, widely known for her work on problems of retarded school children, 17 January 1950.

Dr. Frank Pierpont Graves, 87, a member of the New York State Education Committee and holder of forty-three academic degrees, 13 September 1956.

Michi Kawia, 75, Christian educator who worked in Japan, 11 February 1952.

Clara Savage Littledale, 64, editor of Parents' Magazine since its founding in 1926, 9 January 1956.

E. E. Oberholtzer, 74, president emeritus and one founder of University of Houston, 1954.

Wesley E. Peik, dean of College of Education, University of Minnesota, instrumental in NEA's National Commission on Teacher Education and Professional standards, spearheaded development of national accrediting program, 6 December 1951.

Cyrus Perry, 54, legal counsel for National Commission for the Defense of Democracy thru Education, 27 December 1955.

Charles Allen Prosser, 81, nationally known leader in vocational education, 26 November 1952.

Margaretta Baldwin Reeve, 83, honorary president of National Congress of Parents and Teachers; helped establish several journals for the PTA, 1955.

Bertha E. Roberts, held highest administrative position, deputy superintendent of elementary schools, ever occupied by a woman in San Francisco school system, 15 December 1955.

Joseph Rosier, 81, former president of the NEA, worked for increased funding for education during the Depression, 7 October 1951.

William Russell, 65, president emeritus of Teachers College, Columbia University; director of National Citizenship Education Program for Department of Justice; president of World Organization of the Teaching Profession, 27 March 1956.

John Amherst Sexton, pioneered the 6-4-4 program in Pasadena, California, wherein a two-year junior college was incorporated into the senior high school, 14 April 1952.

Frank Palmer Speare, 85, founder and president emeritus of Northeastern University (Boston), 1954.

Thomas C. Trueblood, organized and taught first college credit course in public speaking (University of Michigan), 4 June 1951.

Carter Godwin Woodson, 74, founder and director of Association for Study of Negro Life and History, 3 April 1950.

George F. Zook, 66, retired president of American Council on Education and former U.S. commissioner of education, 17 August 1951.