Records of the University of Florida General Extension Division 1919-1972

Florida. Institute for Continuing University Studies.

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Riley, B. C. (Bert Clair), 1891-1962

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University administrator. Born in Rockford, Ill., 12 November 1891. A.B., University of Iowa (1912), B.S.A., University of Missouri (1914). Extension instructor at University of Indiana (1914-1917), Director of Extension, University of Arkansas (1917-1919), Dean of Extension, University of Florida, 1919-1962. Active in Chautququa, founder of Florida Blue Key, vice president of National University Extension Association (1921-1922) and president (1939-1940), president of S...

University of Florida. Division of Continuing Education

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University of Florida. General Extension Division

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The General Extension Division (GED) was created in 1919 to extend the work of the institutions under the direction of the Florida Board of Control to residents of Florida not enrolled in those institutions. Agricultural extension and home economics, which fell under the mandate of the Florida Cooperative Extension Service, were excluded from the program of the GED. As the state university with the broadest academic program, the University of Florida was selected as the division's h...