Benjamin, Harold Raymond Wayne, 1893-1969

Educator.

From the description of Harold Raymond Wayne Benjamin papers, 1908-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062164

Assistant dean at the University of Minnesota College of Education.

From the description of Correspondence to Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1932. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 235008388

Biographical Note

• 1893, Mar. 27: Born, Gilmanton, Wis.
• 1910 - 1914 : Teacher in rural schools
• 1914 - 1916 : Elementary school principal, Salem, Oreg.
• 1916 - 1919 : Served in United States Army
• 1919: Married Georgina Kessi
• 1920 - 1922 : Superintendent of schools, Umatilla, Oreg.
• 1921: A.B., University of Oregon, Corvallis, Oreg.
• 1924: A.M., University of Oregon, Corvallis, Oreg.
• 1927: Ph.D., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
• 1927 - 1930 : Associate professor of education and psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
• 1930 - 1937 : Professor of education, assistant dean of College of Education, and Director of Center for Continuation Study, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
• 1936 - 1969 : Consulting editor for education series of books published by McGraw-Hill Book Co.
• 1937 - 1939 : Dean of the summer quarter and director of the College of Education, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
• 1939: Published Saber-Tooth Curriculum. New York: McGraw-Hill
• 1939 - 1951 : Dean of the College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
• 1941: Member, Carnegie mission to South America
• 1942 - 1945 : Served in United States Army Air Force
• 1946 - 1950 : Member, educational study groups in Afghanistan and Japan
• 1951 - 1958 : Chairman, Division of Social Foundations of Education, George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn.
• 1954 - 1955 : Chairman, educational study group in Korea
• 1957: Director, Connecticut Study of the Role of the Public Schools
• 1959 - 1960 : Visiting professor of comparative education, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 1960 - 1962 : Chief consultant, Comparative Study of Higher Education in Latin America
• 1962 - 1967 : Distinguished service professor of education, Glassboro State College, Glassboro, N.J.
• 1963 - 1964 : Visiting distinguished service professor, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill.
• 1965: Visiting distinguished professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. Published The Sage of Petaluma. New York: McGraw-Hill
• 1969, Jan. 12: Died, Baltimore, Md.

From the guide to the Harold Raymond Wayne Benjamin Papers, 1908-1972, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)