Smith, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lincoln), 1900-1981

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Birth 1900
Death 1981-04-15

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1893 Feb. 6 Benjamin Lee Smith born, Granite Falls, Caldwell County, N.C. 1916 A.B., Duke University 1916 1917 Served in U.S. Army 1919 1924 Superintendent of Schools, Forest City (N.C.) 1922 1934 Taught summer school classes for Appalachian State Teachers College, N.C. 1924 1929 Superintendent of Schools, Rutherfordton-Spindale 1925 Served as secretary for the newly chartered Rutherfordton Kiwanis Club 1927 1934 Member of NC Textbook Commission 1929 1934 Superintendent of Schools, Shelby 1935 1958 Superintendent of Schools, Greensboro 1937 M.A., Duke University 1938 1939 President, N.C. Education Association (NCEA) 1949 1950 President, Horace Mann League of the U.S. 1958 Retired from position as N.C. schools superintendent 1959 Participated in National Civil Rights hearing on school integration 1961 Year of death

From the guide to the Benjamin Lee Smith Papers, bulk, 1916-1961, 1930-1961, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

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