Carr, Paul O.;
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- District of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Faculty;
District Of Columbia Teachers College -- Presidents
President Paul O. Carr, formerly the registrar at Wilson Teachers College, was the second president of DCTC. He served as president from 1958 through 1966. From 1955 through 1958, Dr. Carr was Dean of Instruction at DCTC. In 1961, DCTC became fully...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- District of Columbia Teachers College;
Cooke, Paul P.;
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Presidents
Upon the merging of DCTC, FCC, and WTI, to form the University of the District of Columbia, Dr. Cooke retired as President of DCTC. He remained active with the University of the District of Columbia, and chaired its History Committee. In 1986, UDC...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Wilson Teachers College;
Hager, Walter;
Wilson Teachers College;
Wilson Teachers College -- Presidents
Dr. Walter E. Hager (1895-1990) was appointed president of Wilson Teachers College in 1941. He earned is Bachelors in Science from the University of Nebraska in 1916; his A.M. from Columbia University in 1927, and his PhD from Columbia University...
Commencements – District of Columbia – District of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Alumni and alumnae
Commencements -- District of Columbia -- District of Columbia Teachers College
As part of its graduation ceremonies, DCTC held a Baccalaureate Service at a church. The Baccalaureate service in 1965 was held at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
Cooke, Paul P.;
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- District of Columbia Teachers College;
Commencements – District of Columbia – District of Columbia Teachers College;
District of Columbia Teachers College;
District of Columbia...
Cooke, Paul P.;
District Of Columbia Teachers College
Dr. Paul Cooke taught English and directed several plays at both Miner Teachers College and DCTC. He served as president of DCTC from 1968 through 1974.
Cooke, Paul;
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- District of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Presidents
Dr. Paul P. Cooke, was the third president of DCTC and served from 1966 through 1974.
Dr. Cooke has lived in the District of Columbia since 1921, when his family moved from Harlem, New York. He graduated from Dunbar High School. He earned a BA...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Buildings
The LaSalle Laboratory School, located at Riggs Road and Madison Street in Northeast Washington, DC was named in honor of Jessie La Salle, who taught in the District School system, between 1923 and 1948. The building, completed in 1958, became one...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Buildings
The Truesdale School, named in honor of George Truesdell, a one-time Commissioner of the DC, is located at Eighth and Ingraham Streets, NW, in Washington, DC. For several years, it was the laboratory school of Wilson Teachers College. After Wilson...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Buildings
Miner Building
After the District of Columbia Teachers College (DCTC) was formed in 1955 through the merger of Miner Teachers College and Wilson Teachers College, DCTC
held classes at the Miner building (the site of the former Miner Teachers College). The Miner...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College--Baseball
The DCTC Baseball Team consists of (First Row): Wally Barnes, LeCount Hughes, Linwood Francis, Claude Stone, Lorenzo Crowe. Back row: Milton Greene, Norbett King, Pat Little, Richard Gross, Douglas Summers.
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College -- Buildings
Wilson Teachers College merged with Miner Teachers College to form DCTC.The reason for the merger was to comply with the BROWN V. BOARD decision in 1954 to desegregate public education. DCTC Classes held at the Wilson building after DCTC was...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College--Faculty;
Whitehead, Matthew
Associate Director Matthew Whitehead (1918-1990) was the last President of Miner Teachers College, and Dean of DCTC. He received his AB from Johnson C. Smith University; his MA from Teachers College, Columbia University; Ed.D, New York University....
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College -- Students
DCTC sought to develop in the undergraduate students a deep interest in teaching as a profession and major concern for problems of the urban community, including those facing Afro-American, Spanish-Speaking, and other ethnic minorities in the...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College -- Students
DCTC defined its primary purpose as preparing students for teaching in pre-schools, early childhood education centers, elementary, secondary schools, Special Education, and Adult Education.
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
Seals (Numismatics) -- Washington (D.C.) -- District Of Columbia Teachers College
Pursuant to the US Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the DC Board of Education merged Miner Teachers College and Wilson Teachers College to form DC Teachers College. Both Miner and Wilson were two viable colleges, so...
Federal City College -- Presidents;
Russell, Wendell R.
Wendell R. Russell (1926- ) was the fourth president of Federal City College. He served from 1974 through 1977, when Federal City College merged with DCTC and WTI to form the University of the District of Columbia. From 1970 through 1974, Dr....
