Background
Jennings, Frank Gerard was born on May 23, 1915 in Brooklyn. Son of Gerard Thomas and Martha (Hirsch) Jennings.
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Frank Gerard Jennings, American editor. President Initial Alphabet Foundation, Educational Planning Foundation; board directors Scandinavian Seminar Foundation, 1971-1976. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member National Academy Education (secretary committee on reading), International Reading Association (president Manhattan chapter 1960-1961), Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi.
Education
Bachelor of Science, New York University, 1949. Master of Arts, New York University, 1950.
Career
Teacher composition, literature and allied courses, New York University
Teacher composition, literature and allied courses, U. Denver
Teacher composition, literature and allied courses, Walter Harvey Junior College, New York City
Teacher composition, literature and allied courses, Yeshiva U.
Teacher composition, literature and allied courses, Columbia Teachers College
Teacher composition, literature and allied courses, Dillard U.
Teacher composition, literature and allied courses, public high schools
participant educational conferences, book award juror. Reading specialist; exec.dir., Library Club American, 1956-1965;
editor-at-large, Sat. Review, since 1959;
associate, Language Arts Institute, Columbia University, 1956-1957;
consultant, Horace Mann-Lincoln Institute for School Experimentation, Columbia Teachers College, 1957-1958;
director college relations, Teachers College, 1969-1970;
secretary college, Teachers College, 1970-1976;
editor, Teachers College Record, 1970-1976;
editorial consultant, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1957-1964;
senior editor, Harvard Classics, 1960-1962;
educational editor, Crowell Collier Ednl.
Corporation, 1960-1962;
educational consultant, New World Foundation, 1963-1969. Cons. federal, state education agys. Member Committee on Study History C, Amherst Project.
Achievements
Membership
President Initial Alphabet Foundation, Educational Planning Foundation. Board directors Scandinavian Seminar Foundation, 1971-1976. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945.
Member National Academy Education (secretary committee on reading), International Reading Association (president Manhattan chapter 1960-1961), Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi.
Connections
Married Gloria Miehling, March 22, 1941.
