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New York University
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Michigan State University
New York University
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educator school system administrator
Alonzo Hilton Shockley Jr. was born on September 30, 1920, in Milford, Delaware. He was the son of Alonzo Hilton Shockley Sr. and Elizabeth Hilton Shockley. He later built a professional life spanning Delaware, Maryland, and New York, combining classroom teaching with elementary and secondary school administration, public education program management, and educational consulting.
Shockley earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Delaware State College in 1943 and a Master of Arts degree from Michigan State University in 1947. His subsequent professional education included certification and postgraduate study at New York University, postgraduate study at Queens College, postgraduate study at the University of Maine, and additional postgraduate work at New York University in 1980. His educational preparation supported a career that moved from classroom teaching into school administration, educational research, and the direction of state and federal programs. He was certified to teach in New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
Shockley served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945 in the North African Theater of Operations. After completing his formal education, he taught science at Brooks High School in Prince Frederick, Maryland, in 1948 and served as a principal of elementary and junior-high schools associated with Delaware's Department of Public Instruction from 1948 to 1958. He then worked as a research associate at Delaware State College in Dover from 1958 to 1960. In New York, he taught in Center School District 4 in Plainview from 1960 to 1962, served as an assistant elementary principal in the Union Free School District in Wyandanch from 1962 to 1964, and worked as an associate administrative official with the New York State Education Department in Albany from 1964 to 1965. He was an education coordinator for the Nassau County Commission on Economic Opportunity in Garden City from 1965 to 1966. From 1966 to 1985, he directed state and federal programs for Freeport Public Schools, and from 1985 to 1991 he coordinated state and federal programs for Amityville Public Schools. He also worked as an educational consultant, including during the period of his Amityville administrative work. His career demonstrates a sustained progression from teaching and school leadership to research, public education administration, and large-scale program coordination.
Built a multi-state career in education that progressed from science teaching and school leadership to educational research, public education administration, and direction of state and federal programs.
Served as a school-system administrator and educational program leader in Delaware and New York for more than four decades.
Shockley belonged to the American Association of School Administrators, National Education Association, New York State Teachers Education Association, Association for Childhood Education International, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, National Association of Elementary School Principals, Amityville School District Administrators, American Academy of Political and Social Science, School Health, and the New York University Alumni Association. He served on the alumni association's board of directors and as a vice president. He was president of Education and Nursing Arts Professionals, president of Rotary in Ronkonkoma, Long Island, and vice president of the Long Island, New York, chapter of Phi Delta Kappa. He also held a vice-presidential role in International Rotary in 1997.
American Association of School Administrators , United States
National Education Association , United States
New York State Teachers Education Association , United States
Association for Childhood Education International , United States
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development , United States
National Association of Elementary School Principals , United States
Amityville School District Administrators , United States
American Academy of Political and Social Science , United States
Served on the board of directors and as vice president.
New York University Alumni Association , United States
School Health , United States
Served as president.
Education and Nursing Arts Professionals , United States
Served as president of the Ronkonkoma, Long Island, club and held a vice-presidential role in International Rotary.
Rotary , United States
Served as vice president of the Long Island, New York, chapter.
Phi Delta Kappa , United States
Shockley was the son of Alonzo Hilton Shockley Sr. and Elizabeth Hilton Shockley. He married Kay Marilyn Falke on August 13, 1979. His family included Novella Lela Shockley Randolph, Cheryl Emmelyn Shockley Durant, Alonzo Hilton Shockley III, and Delegate Shockley.
