Background
Spingarn, Joel Elias was born on May 17, 1875 in New York City. Son of Elias and Sarah (Barnett) Spingarn.
Spingarn, Joel Elias was born on May 17, 1875 in New York City. Son of Elias and Sarah (Barnett) Spingarn.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1895, Doctor of Philosophy, 1899. Harvard, 1895-1896, Phi Beta Kappa Poet, Columbia, 1901.
Assistant and tutor comparative literature, 1899-1904, Adjunct Professor, 1904-1909, professor, 1909-1911, Columbia. Owner Amenia (New York) Times, 1911-1926. Republican candidate for Congress, 18th New York District, 1908.
Delegate Progressive National Convention, Chicago, 1912, 1916.
Major infantry, United States of America, 1917-1919. With American Expeditionary Forces, France, 1918-1919.
Lieutenant colonel O.R.C. One of founders and literature adviser Harcourt, Brace & Company, publications, 1919-1932. Chairman directors National Association Advisory Colored People, 1913-1919, treasurer, 1919-1930, president, since 1930.
Founded movement for rural cooperative recreation, 1910-1915.
Founded Spingarn medal, 1913. Honorary citizen University of Munich, 1924.
Member of board of managers New York Botanical Garden.