Background
Finley, Charles William was born on August 10, 1880 in Cooks Mills, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas Putnam and Martha Elizabeth (Covert) Finley.
Finley, Charles William was born on August 10, 1880 in Cooks Mills, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas Putnam and Martha Elizabeth (Covert) Finley.
Diploma State Normal School, Charleston, Illinois, 1908. Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1910, Master of Science, 1911. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1926.
Teacher rural schools, Illinois, 1902-1907. Head of biological department, State Normal School, Macomb, Illinois, 1912-1917, Lincoln School of Teachers College, Columbia, 1917-1922, and principal high school division of same, 1922-1927. Dean of instruction State Teachers College, Montclair, New Jersey, 1927-1943.
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Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Education Association, New Jersey State Teachers Association, Illinois Academy Science, American Association University professors, New Jersey Schoolmasters’. Mason, Knights of Pythias, Granger.
Married Sylvia Fears Finley, August 8, 1906. Children: Charles Otis, Eleanor Eliza.