Background
Shedd, Arthur B. was born on September 19, 1920 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Son of Burton D. and Jennie Ellis Shedd.
Shedd, Arthur B. was born on September 19, 1920 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Son of Burton D. and Jennie Ellis Shedd.
Bachelor of Education, Keene Teachers College, New Hampshire, 1943. Master of Arts, Columbia University, New York City, 1947. Doctor of Education, Columbia University, New York City, 1950.
Teacher Bergenfield High School, New Jersey, 1946—1948. Director New Hampshire secondary school services New Hampshire Department Education, Concord, 1949—1951. High School principal Scotia-Glenville School District, New York, 1951—1954.
Principal Bedford Center District, Mount Kisco, 1954—1961. Superintendent schools Clarence Central Schools, 1961—1963, North Shore Schools, Sea Cliff, 1963—1969, Cortland City Schools, 1969—1980. Adjunct professor education State University of New York, 1984—2005.
Retired, 2005
Member commissioner's advisory board New York State Department Education, Albany, 1961—1964. President Syracuse School Study Council Syracuse University, 1972—1974. Lieutenant junior grade United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
President CAPCO Opportunities for Cortland, 1969—1972. Board directors Cortland Boy Scouts, 1972—1976. President board directors Young Men’s Christian Association, 1976—1978.
Member of American Association School Administrators (licentiate).
Married Patricia Truman Thompson, November 25, 1943. Children: Candace Vancko, Wendy Rivera, Arthur Junior.