Background
Hartford, Ellis Ford was born on March 13, 1905 in Fordsville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Ellis Casnor and Attella (Ford) Hartford.
Hartford, Ellis Ford was born on March 13, 1905 in Fordsville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Ellis Casnor and Attella (Ford) Hartford.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Kentucky, 1930, Master of Arts, 1934. Doctor of Education, Harvard (Rosenwald fellow, University scholar), 1942. Doctor of Laws(honorary), Georgetown University, 1978.
Principal, Williamstown (Kentucky) High School, 1930-1933. Superintendent Williamstown Public Schools, 1933-1935. Chairman social studies department duPont Manual High School, Louisville Public Schools, 1935-1939.
Specialist in instructional materials Tennessee Valley Authority, 1939-1942.
Director University schools, professor education, chairman division found U. Kentucky, 1946-1964, on leave, head Bureau Instruction Kentucky Department Education, January to September 1956. Executive secretary Kentucky Council on Public Higher Education, 1962-1964.
Dean Community College system, U. Kentucky, 1964-1970, vice president committee colleges, 1970, professor education, 1970-1974, professor emeritus, 1974-1980. Visiting professor New Mexico Western College, summers 1955-1958, U. Maine, summers 1953, 57, 61, Georgetown College, 1974-1976.
Consultant Kentucky Department Education, 1956-1958.
President Kentucky Council Social Studies, 1936-1938. Coordinating agent Committee Curricular Problems and Research, Southern Association Colleges Secondary Schools, 1946-1949. President Kentucky Association Colleges, Secondary and Elementary School, 1959-1960.
Trustee Lincoln Foundation, 1959-1978.
Member Kentucky Advisory Council for Vocational Education, 1968-1978.
Member Kentucky Advisory Council for Vocational Education, 1968-1978. Served from Lieutenant to Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Association Retired Persons, John Dewey Society, History Education Society, National Council for Social Studies, National Education Association, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Delta Kappa (State Service award 1974).
Married Alma Jane Barker, December 23, 1939. Children: Jane Barker, Ellis Ford.