Willis, Benjamin C.
Biographical Note
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December 23, 1901:
Born, Baltimore, Maryland -
1920s:
Bachelor of Arts, George Washington University Masters, University of Maryland -
1930 -1934 :Principal, Catonsville High School, Maryland -
1947 -1953 :Superintendent of public schools in Yonkers and Buffalo, New York -
1953 -1966 :Superintendent of public schools in Chicago, Illinois -
1961:
Proposal to purchase aluminum portable classroom units approved by Chicago Board of Education -
1962 -1963 :Protested by Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders for using portable classrooms, or "Willis Wagons" as they were called by protesters, to relieve overcrowding at schools in Chicago's South Side -
1963:
Helps develop the federal Vocational Education Act -
1965:
Helps develop the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act -
1968 -1972 :Works as an independent educational consultant -
1970 -1972 :Superintendent of schools in Broward County, Florida -
1972:
Retires from education -
August 27, 1988:
Died, Plantation, Florida
From the guide to the Benjamin C. Willis papers, 1921-1982, (Hoover Institution Archives)
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