William Fletcher Russell (May 18, 1890 - March 26, 1956) was an American educator, and dean (1927-1949) and president (1949-1954) of
Teachers College, Columbia University
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,
New York City
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Russell was born in
Delhi, New York
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. The son of
James Earl Russell. He graduated from
Cornell University
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in 1910, and earned a PhD at
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
in 1914.
From 1917 to 1923, he was dean of the College of Education,
State University of Iowa
The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 coll ...
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In 1923, he visited
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
to study aspects of the local educational system.
In 1927 he became dean of Teachers College, a position which his father once held. He became president of Teachers College in 1949, retired in 1954, then served as deputy director for
Technical Services of the
International Cooperation Administration
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.
Russell died 1956 in
Washington D.C.
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of a
heart attack
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.
Works
* ''How to Judge a School''
* ''Economy in Secondary Education'' (1916)
* ''Education in the United States'' (1917)
* ''Schools in Bulgaria'' (1924)
* ''The Meaning of Democracy'' (with
T. H. Briggs, 1941)
* ''The Rise of a University'' (as editor) (Vol. I, 1937)
* "Liberty vs. Equality" (1936)
External links
*
Picture of Russellat Teachers College Archive
''In memoriam''
1890 births
1956 deaths
People from Delhi, New York
Education school deans
Teachers College, Columbia University faculty
Cornell University alumni
20th-century American academics
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