Background
COTTRELL, Donald was born on February 17, 1902 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Doctor Harvey V. Cottrell and Della Stone Miller.
university teacher and administrator
COTTRELL, Donald was born on February 17, 1902 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Doctor Harvey V. Cottrell and Della Stone Miller.
The Ohio State University and Columbia University.
Teacher and administrator. Assistant and Association, in College Administration, Teachers’ CollColumbia University 1927-1929. Assistant Professor 1929-1931, Association Professor 1931-1941, Professor 1941-1946 (Education).
Assistant Director, Division of Instruction 1941-1944, Executive Director Horace Mann-Lincoln School 1943-1946, Executive Officer, Division of Instruction 1946la" at Teachers’ College, Columbia University).
Dean, College, of Education, The Ohio State University 1946-1967, Professor, of Education 1967-1972, Professor Emeritus since 1972. Expert Consultant, United States War Department, to advise Military
Government (United States) in the field 01 University Edue. in Germany 1947. Chair, of Commission, to survey the educational institutions of the Foreign Missions Conference of North. America in the Philippines 1948.
Chief United Nations Educational Planning Mission to of Korea 1952-1953.
President The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education 1957. Chairman The National Commission, on Teacher Education and Professional Standards of the National Education Association 1962. Executive Consultant in Secondary and Teacher Education to Ministry of Education, Government, of India, and United States A.I Doctorate. Mission, India, 1958, 1961, 1964.
Chairman Commission, on Education for the Teaching Profession 1966.
Board of Trustees, Talladega College, Alabama.
Married Eleanor H. Westberg in 1928.