Frank Webster Smith

Background

Smith, Frank Webster was born on June 27, 1854 in Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Francis and Abigail Prescott (Baker) Smith.

Education

Graduate Phillips Academy, Andover, 1873. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1877, graduate study classical philology and economics, 1881-1883, Master of Arts, 1882, psychology, summer, 1894. Teachers College (Columbia), 1899-1900.

Graduate student and teacher, University of Nebraska, 1901-1904, Doctor of Philosophy, 1904.

Studied in England, summer, 1902.

Career

Teacher Atlanta University, 1877-1881, Boston Evening School, 1882-1883, State Normal School, Westfield, Massachusetts, 1883-1896. Superintendent public schools, Grand Junction, Colorado, 1896-1899. Secretary Teachers College (Columbia), 1900.

Principal Gordon Academy and Training School, Salt Lake City, and superintendent Congressional Schools of Utah, 1900-1901, also city examiner Salt Lake City, 1900.

Adjunct Professor education University of Nebraska, 1903-1905. Principal City Normal School, Paterson, New Jersey, 1905-1923, and city examiner, Paterson, 1905-1920.

1st principal State Normal School, Paterson (city normal school adopted by state), 1923-1925. President emeritus State Normal School (later State Teachers College), Paterson, New Jersey, since 1925.

State examiner, New Jersey, 1923-1925.

Has served as president educational organizations. Executive secretary and treasurer, Municipal Normal School and Teachers College Association, 13 years to 1936, now president emeritus. Director Colorado state educational exhibit, Transport-Mississippi Exposition, 1898.

Achievements

• Frank Webster Smith has been listed as a noteworthy educator, publicist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Education Association, Paterson Teachers Association Beta Kappa (Harvard), Pythagorean.

Connections

Married Annie Noyes Sinclair, December 1894 (died 1897). Married second, Helen Louise Moore, October 23, 1900. Children: Francis Prescott, Charles Webster.

Father:

Francis Smith

Mother:

Abigail Prescott (Baker) Smith

Spouse:

Helen Louise Moore

Spouse:

Annie Noyes Sinclair

child:

Charles Webster Smith

child:

Francis Prescott Smith