College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Federal
City College;
Dickson, David;
Farner, Frank;
Federal City College
FCC President Frank Farner and FCC Vice president of Academic Affairs, David Dickson, at a construction site for one of the sites for FCC planned to use for instruction.
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Presidents;
Whitehead, Matthew
Matthew Whitehead (1918-1990) was the last president of the Miner Teachers College, before it merged with Wilson Teachers College to become part of the District of Columbia Teachers College, in 1954 in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court’s...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Washington Technical Institute;
Dennard, Cleveland;
Johnson, Lyndon, 1908-1973;
Morse, Wayne, 1900-1974;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Presidents.
Cleveland Dennard with President Lyndon Johnson, Sen. Wayne Morse (D-OR), and DC Mayor Walter Washington, at the signing of legislation establishing Washington Technical Institute and Federal City College [Public Law 89-791]. Title II of the...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Washington Technical Institute;
Dennard, Cleveland;
Nixon, Richard, 1913 - 1994;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Presidents
Photograph of WTI President Cleveland Dennard with President Richard Nixon, when Nixon visited WTI in 1969. Nixon advocated improved and modern facilities for both WTI and FCC.
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Washington Technical Institute;
Dennard, Cleveland;
Nixon, Richard, 1913 - 1994;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Presidents
WTI President Cleveland Dennard with President Richard Nixon, when Nixon visited WTI in 1969. Nixon advocated improved and modern facilities for both WTI and FCC.
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Washington Technical Institute;
Dennard, Cleveland;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Presidents
WTI President Cleveland Dennard speaking at WTI graduation, ca. mid-1970s. WTI awarded its first associate degrees in June 1970.
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...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Wilson Teachers College;
Higbie, Edgar C.;
Wilson Teachers College;
Wilson Teachers College -- Presidents
Dr. Higbie (1875- 1944) was appointed president of Wilson Teachers College in 1931. Dr. Higbie retired as President of Wilson Teachers College in February 1941, because of ill health. He remained on the faculty until his death in 1944.
Higbie was...
College presidents -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teacher College
Clark, Eugene A.
Miner Normal School
Miner Teachers College -- Presidents
school principals -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Normal School
Eugene A. Clark (1883-1962) was the last principal of Miner Normal School and the first president of Miner Teachers College. Born in Washington DC, he received his degrees from Williams College and Miner Teachers College (1908). He taught in the DC...
College presidents -- Washington (D.C.) -- Washington Technical Institute;
Dennard, Cleveland;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Presidents
WTI President Cleveland Dennard with plans for new WTI campus. WTI was first housed at temporary quarters at the old Bureau of Standards campus at 4100 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington DC. WTI President Dennard led the initiative to construct...
College students – Washington (D.C.) – Miner Teachers College;
College theater -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Cooke, Paul P.;
Miner Teachers College
J. Francis Gregory, an English instructor at Miner. was largely responsible for student drama at Miner. He was responsible for organizing and directing the Little Theatre group at the College.
Dr. Paul P. Cooke, Associate Professor of English,...
College students – Washington (D.C.) – Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College – Alumni and alumnae;
Miner Teachers College -- Students;
World War, 1939-1945.
Graduates of Miner Teachers College who served in the military during World War II.
World War II was accompanied by increased employment opportunities for students, military inductions, teaching shortages, and the increasing desire of many male...
College students – Washington (D.C.) – Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Students
The purpose of the Student Council was to promote cooperation among all members of groups and to provide the framework for a democratic government in which all members may participate. The officers were elected each year by the student body.
College theater -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College
This play was intended as part of a week-long celebration of what Eugene A. Clark, President of Miner Teachers College, referred to as “a hundred years of educational effort by recapitulating the story of significant characters, events, and...
College theater -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College
The Centennial play was intended as part of a week-long celebration of what Eugene A. Clark, President of Miner Teachers College, referred to as “a hundred years of educational effort by recapitulating the story of significant characters,...
College Theater -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College;
Cooke, Paul P.
One of the most important productions of the Miner Dramatics Club was “The Life of Myrtilla Miner, a play written by Dr. Paul P. Cooke, then an English instructor, and presented during Miner’s Centennial Observance in March 1951
Commencement ceremonies -- Washington (D.C.) -- University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia – Commencements;
University of the District of Columbia – Students
