Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
James E. Russell
Dean of Teachers' College
Centurion, 1902–1945
Seth Low and William E. Dodge
Hamden, New York
Trenton, New Jersey
Age thirty-seven
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