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'''Wallace Buttrick''' (October 23, 1853 – May 28, 1926) was
[[File:Agnes Scott College - Buttrick Hall.jpg|thumb|309x309px|Buttrick Hall at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia. Completed in 1930 by Bruce and Morgan]]<!--1920-1917 is found in source; probably 1910-1917 was meant; also vital dates are given but in SNAC source but not justified; presumably coming from an archival finding aid-->
Buttrick was born in [[Potsdam, New York]] on October 23, 1853. He died in [[Baltimore, Maryland]] on May 28, 1926 at the age of 72.<ref>{{cite news |title=Baptist Leader Is Dead At Baltimore |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press/137275047/|access-date=23 December 2023 |work=Daily Press |date=29 May 1926}}</ref>
== General Education Board ==
Wallace Buttrick, Secretary of the GEB, played a significant role in not only funding the General Board of Education but as well the reason for
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Wallace Buttrick (October 23, 1853 – May 28, 1926) was an American Baptist minister who served as secretary (1903–1917), president (1917–1923), and chairman (1923–1926) of the General Education Board, and as a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation (1917–1926).[1][2] Wallace Buttrick believed that schools, teachers, and institutions were not necessary for education however, for those who were less fortunate this served as the only medium for learning.[3] The academic and administrative building Buttrick Hall at Agnes Scott College is named in Buttrick's honor. He is cited as a friend of the college, the opening of Buttrick Hall was celebrated May 30, 1930.[4]
Buttrick was born in Potsdam, New York on October 23, 1853. He died in Baltimore, Maryland on May 28, 1926 at the age of 72.[5]
General Education Board
Wallace Buttrick, Secretary of the GEB, played a significant role in not only funding the General Board of Education but as well the reason for education.[6]
References
- ^ "Buttrick, Wallace, 1853-1926 - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
- ^ "Wallace Buttrick - The Online Collection and Catalog of Rockefeller Archive Center". dimes.rockarch.org. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ Buttrick, Wallace (November 1925). "What is education?". Peabody Journal of Education. 3 (3): 125–129. doi:10.1080/01619562509534698. ISSN 0161-956X.
- ^ Perkins, Florence (April 1930). "Laying the Cornerstone of Buttrick Hall". Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly. 8 (3): 18.
- ^ "Baptist Leader Is Dead At Baltimore". Daily Press. 29 May 1926. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ "The General Education Board - The Rockefeller Foundation: A Digital History". rockfound.rockarch.org. Retrieved 2019-11-04.