Arthur Earle Teele, Sr.

Background

Sr., Arthur Earle Teele, was born on November 11, 1910 in Vaughan, North Carolina, United States. Son of George Washington and Cora (Williams) T.

Education

AB, North Carolina College, 1934. A.M., Cornell University, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1953.

Career

Instructor, chairman department social studies Warren County Training School, Wise, North Carolina, 1934-1939. Educational therapist Veterans Administration Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia, 1946-1950. Professor education, history, head department education St. Augustine's College, 1953-1954.

Professor, chairman department education Prairie View (Texas) A. and M. College, 1954-1957. Professor, head department secondary education Florida A. and M. University, Tallahassee, 1957-1970, director principals, supervisors workshop, 1964-1966, professor, dean graduate studies, 1970-1976, professor education, 1976-1978. Consultant graduate programs United States Office Education, 1978-1981.

Field reader and evaluator, graduate and professional programs United States Department Education, Washington, 1977-1987. Director Hardee County Curriculum Workshop, 1960, Hampton Junior College Workshop, 1962. Member research council Cooperative College Projects (Land Grant Tennessee Valley Authority), 1963-1964.

Consultant for graduate and professional programs United States Department Education, Washington, 1988.

Achievements

• Arthur Earle Teele, Senior has been listed as a noteworthy educator, university dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member United Fund steering committee Florida A. and M. University, 1961-1967. Board directors Leon County United Fund, 1962-1969. President College Terrace Community, 1963-1968.

Member advisory board Salvation Army Corps, Tallahassee, since 1984. Commissioner 192d General Assembly, United Presbyterian Church United States of America, Detroit, 1980, Synod of the South, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1985. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945.

Member National Education Association, Florida Education Association, National Association Secondary School Principals (national advisory board 1971-1975), Tallahassee Frontiers International (president 1972), National Black Alliance for Graduate Education (executive board, steering committee 1971-1980, Distinguished Professor Emeritus 1983), Conference Southern Graduate Deans, Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Sigma Pi Phi.

Connections

Married Florazelle Swayze, December 11, 1937. Children: Synthia Florabeale, Arthur Earle.