Manson Van Buren Jennings

Background

Jennings, Manson Van Buren was born on October 24, 1916 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Harold Manson and Mabel (Tuthill) Jennings.

Education

AB, Harvard, 1938; Master of Arts, Columbia, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1949.

Career

Instructor Horace Mann School Teachers College, Columbia, 1939-1941. Instructor social studies department Teachers College, 1946-1949, assistant professor, 1949-1954, associate professor, 1954-1958, professor history, 1958-1961. Dean Cortland College, State University New York, 1961-1965, Adelphi University Graduate School Arts and Sciences, Garden City, New York, 1965-1971.

President Southern Connecticut State College, New Haven, 1971-1981, president emeritus, since 1981. Educational consultant Current Affairs Films, 1956-1975. Social studies consultant Charles Scribner's Sons, 1960-1962.

Achievements

• Manson Van Buren Jennings has been listed as a noteworthy college president by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The development of the modern problems course in the senior high school (Columbia University. Teachers College. Contributions to education)

Membership

Served from private to 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1941-1945. Member National Council Social Studies (monthly contributor Social Education 1952-1959), American Association of University Professors.

Connections

Married Deborah Hunt, September 14, 1946. Children– Susan Briggs, David Tuthill.

Father:

Harold Manson Jennings

Mother:

Mabel (Tuthill) Jennings

Spouse:

Deborah Hunt

child:

David Tuthill Jennings

child:

Susan Briggs Jennings