Samuel Miller Brownell

Background

Brownell, Samuel Miller was born on April 3, 1900 in Peru, Nebraska, United States. Son of Herbert and May (Miller) Brownell.

Education

Bachelor of Arts Nebraska, 1921. Doctor of Laws, University Nebraska, 1963. AM, Yale University, 1924.

Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1926. Business Level, Shurtleff College, 1954. Doctor of Education, Tufts University, 1954.

Doctor of Laws, University Denver, 1954. Doctor of Laws, Harding College, 1955. Doctor of Laws, Center College, 1955.

Doctor of Laws, University South Dakota, 1955. Doctor of Laws, High Point College, 1956. Doctor of Laws, Wayne State University, 1959.

Doctor of Laws, University Nebraska, 1963. Doctor of Laws, Michigan State University, 1963. PedD, Bradley University, 1955.

Doctor of Education, Western Michigan University, 1956. Doctor of Humane Letters, Doane College, 1966.

Career

Principal Demonstration High School, State Teachers College, Peru, 1921-1923; assistant professor education, New York State College Teachers, 1926-1927; superintendent schools, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1927-1938; visiting professor educational administration, Yale, 1937-1938; professor educational administration Graduate School, Yale, 1938-1953; part-time professor urban education administration, Yale, 1966-1970; senior consultant in. education, Yale, 1970-1973; president, New Haven State Teachers College, 1947-1953; United States commissioner education, 1953-1956; superintendent public schools, Detroit, 1956-1966. Part-time professor education U. Connecticut, 1966-1970. Lecturer University of Wisconsin, 1927, 39, Cornell Univercity, 1930, 41, Harvard, 1931-1935, University of Southern California, 1940, 49, 56, 59,University of Michigan, 1942, 44.

Achievements

• Samuel Miller Brownell has been listed as a noteworthy Educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice chairman United States del United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1954, United States representative Conference Ministers of Education of Americas, Lima, Peru, 1956. Chairman United States delegate International Conference on Education, Geneva, 1960. Past member Mayflower Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Phi Kappa.

Interests

• Avocation: travel in South America and European countries.

Connections

Married Esther Delzell, June 23, 1927. Children: Richard, Dorothy (Mistress Bryce Templeton), Jane (Mistress K. Cheek), Ruth (Mistress Thomas Green).

Father:

Herbert Brownell

Mother:

May (Miller) Brownell

Spouse:

Esther Delzell

child:

Ruth Brownell (Mistress Thomas Green)

child:

Dorothy Brownell (Mistress Bryce Templeton)

child:

Richard Brownell

child:

Jane Brownell (Mistress K. Cheek)