Background
Best, Harry was born on December 23, 1880 in Millersburg, Kentucky, United States. Son of Isaac Reynolds (Doctor of Medicine and Sallie (Barbee) B.
Best, Harry was born on December 23, 1880 in Millersburg, Kentucky, United States. Son of Isaac Reynolds (Doctor of Medicine and Sallie (Barbee) B.
Bachelor of Arts Centre College, 1901, Doctor of Laws, 1937. Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1902. Master of Arts, Gallaudet College, 1902, Litt Doctorate., 1944.
Master of Arts, Columbia, 1908, Doctor of Philosophy 1914.
Bachelor of Laws, New York Law School 1912. Doctor of Laws, University Kentucky Successively instructor state schools for deaf, Nebraska, Washington and Alabama and New York Institution for Instruction of Deaf and Dumb, until 1912.
Resident worker University Settlement, New York, 1912-1919.
Connected with American Red Cross, 1919. Professor sociology, University of Kentucky, from 1919.
Director of survey Columbia Institution for the Deaf, Gallaudet College, under Federal Security Agency, 1946. President Kentucky Conference for Social Work, 1928, 38.
Member board or advising committee Citizens Conference International Economics Union, National Civil Service League, Osborne Association Prison Reform.
Director of survey Columbia Institution President Kentucky; Instructors of the Blind, American Association of Workers for Blind. Consultant United States Census Bureau, Social Security Board Democrat.
Member Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association on Mental Deficiency. Member American Social.
Society, American Academy Political and Social Science, Kappa Alpha.
Member Convention American Instructors of Deaf, American Association Instructors of the Blind, American Association of Workers for Blind. Consultant United States Census Bureau, Social Security Board.