Mendel Everett Branom

Background

Branom, Mendel Everett was born on August 4, 1889 in Waverly, Illinois, United States. Son of John Douglas and Ella May (Canatsey) Branom.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Illinois State Normal University, 1912. Master of Sciences, University of Chicago, 1916, Doctor of Philosophy, 1938.

Career

Teacher rural schools, 1908-1909. Superintendent schools, Minier, Illinois, 1910-1914. Teacher Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Normal School, 1915-1916.

Member of faculty, University of Missouri, 1916-1917.

Professor geography, Harris Teachers College, Saint Louis, 1917-1931. Head assistant Cleveland High School, Saint Louis, 1931-1938.

Chairman geography and geology, Harris Teachers College, 1938-1959. Author and lecturer, since 1959.

Professor of geography, summer session, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1950, 51, 52.

Life member American Geography Society, National Education Association. Member History Society of Missouri, National Council Geography Teachers, Missouri Academy of Science, Saint Louis Academy of Science. Author: The Project Method in Education, 1919.

The Teaching of Geography (with Fred K. Branom), 1921.

Measurement of Achievement in Geography, 1925. Geography Problem Projects, 1927.

Practice Tests in Geography, 1928. A Teacher’s Geography, 1929.

One Hundred Years of Teacher Education in Saint Louis (two volumes), published in the year 1958.

Coauthor: Unit Scales of Attainment, 1930. Study Guides and Unit Tests to Accompany Living Geography, 1933. The Agricultural Economy of the American Bottoms, 1939.

New Series Unit Scales of Attainment, 1946.

People’s and Junior, 1947. Letters and Papers of John West. Withers, 1959.

Contributor to magazines Home: 3853a De Tonty Saint, Saint Louis 63110.

Achievements

• Mendel Everett Branom has been listed as a notable author, educator. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of faculty, University of Missouri, 1916-1917. Member History Society of Missouri, National Council Geography Teachers, Missouri Academy of Science, Saint Louis Academy of Science.

Connections

Married Nina Caroline Hallstein, April. Children: Louella Mary, Mildred Elizabeth, Mendel Everett.