Background
BENTZ, Martin Samuel was born on January 11, 1874 in near Carlisle, Cumberland Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Martin C. and Sarah (Swigart) Bentz.
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Martin Samuel BENTZ
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Education
Carlisle Public Schools. Albright Preparatory School. Albright College, Bachelor of Arts.
Master of Arts; Yale University. St. Francis College, Doctor of Philosophy.
Career
Principal, So. Fork, Pennsylvania Schools, fourteen years, Elton Normal School, seven summers. Company Superintendent of Schools, since 1911. Taught Political Science, Rural Education, Rural Sociology, Slippery Rock Teachers College, five summers.
Appointed on Peace Commission, by Governor. Brumbaugh; apptd.
Membership
Member, Illiteracy Congress by Governor. Pinchot; Past President, Company Superintendent of State. Delegate, National Education Association, seven consecutive years.
Chairman, Rural Life Commission under State Superintendent Haas, three years, Committee on Improvement of Instruction in Pennsylvania State Teacher Colls, under Dr. Keith, two years, Commission on Investigation of Larger Unit of School Administration under Dr. Keith. Author: Treatise on Development Education, 1924. Member: Masons; Odd Fellows.
Knights of Pythias.; P.O.S. of A. Club: Kiwanis (President).
Connections
Spouse Elsie Dinsmore Potts, June 13, 1894, New Berlin, Pennsylvania.
