Background
SHILLING, John was born on March 3, 1884 in Frankford, Delaware, United States. Son of Edward A. and Hester A. (Hodgson) Shilling.
Assistant State Superintendent Public Instruction
SHILLING, John was born on March 3, 1884 in Frankford, Delaware, United States. Son of Edward A. and Hester A. (Hodgson) Shilling.
Goldey College, Wilmington, 1902. Dickinson College, Bachelor of Philosophy, 1908, M., 1910. Columbia University, Master of Arts, 1925.
Assistant Commissioner Education, Delegate, 21. Assistant State Superintendent, Public Instruction, charge high schools, Delegate. Organized high schools of State and carried on the administration and supervision of them.
Audited all school accounts, worked out the distribution of school funds and invented a percentage budget which the Legislature uses in appropriating funds to schools. Codified School Laws of State of Del.
Member: National Education Association (Department of Superintendent). Alpha Chi Phi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Spouse Laura Dix, August 26, 1909, Carbondale, Pennsylvania.