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James E. Russell

Full Name: James Earl Russell

Dean of Teachers' College

Centurion, 1902–1945

Proposed by
Seth Low and William E. Dodge
born July 1, 1864
Hamden, New York
died November 4, 1945
Trenton, New Jersey
elected May 3, 1902
Age thirty-seven
Member portrait of James E. Russell
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 9, Leaf 35
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Archivist’s Notes

Father of William F. Russell; grandfather of James Earl Russell II

Century Memorial

James Earl Russell. [Born] 1864. Educator.

First Dean of Teachers College of Columbia University, he raised it from a small normal school to professional standing, with influence, through its graduates, upon the lives of millions of many races and lands. At his retirement in 1927, Teachers College graduates were conducting schools and determining educational policies throughout the world. He was alert to educational movements everywhere and both followed and led them. He was a trusted counselor to many leaders in education and philanthropy.

Source: Henry Allen Moe Papers, Mss.B.M722. Reproduced by permission of American Philosophical Society Library & Museum, Philadelphia

Henry Allen Moe
Henry Allen Moe Papers, 1945 Memorials

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