Clarence Vernon Bruner

Clarence Vernon Bruner also in the spelling variants Clarence V. Bruner , CV Bruner (born November 16, 1893 in Decherd , Franklin County , Tennessee , † December 5, 1996 in Hays , Ellis County , Kansas ) was an American historian .

Life

Family and education

Clarence Vernon Bruner, son of Simon Peter Bruner (1851-1927) and Clara Virginia Garling Bruner (1851-1927), who came from the small town of Decherd in the US state of Tennessee , turned to studying history after graduating from high school Middle Tennessee State College at Murfreesboro too, in 1913 he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree . Bruner continued his studies at George Peabody College in Nashville on, in 1917 he obtained the degree of Master of Arts , in 1927 he became Doctor of Philosophy PhD .

Clarence Vernon Bruner married Ethel Mai Overall (1894-1953) on December 26, 1917 in Murfreesboro. The relationship came from the daughter Virginia Claire. Bruner died on December 5, 1996 at the old age of 103 at Hays Medical Center in Hays. He found his final resting place next to his wife in Cookeville Cemetery in Cookeville, Tennessee, USA.

Professional background

Clarence Vernon Bruner had been a teacher and principal at public schools in the US states of Tennessee and Georgia since 1913 . Since 1933 Bruner served as superintendent at public schools in Mount Pleasant in the US state of Tennessee. In 1935 Bruner followed a call as Professor of History at the Tennessee Polytechnic Institute , today's Tennessee Technological University, in Cookeville. In addition, he was appointed head of the Social Science Department, now the History Department, which he held until 1959. In 1961 he was appointed dean of the faculty, in 1963 he resigned from this position, in 1964 he was retired . Bruner oversaw the first self-paced study for accreditation by the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. From 1933 to 1936 he was visiting professor at the summer courses at George Peabody College.

Bruner served during the First World War in the Signal Corps of the United States Army . He was a Life Member of the American Legion . Bruner was an elected member of the National Education Association, the Southern Historical Association, and the Tennessee Historical Society. Clarence Vernon Bruner stood out in particular as the author of several textbooks. The Bruner Hall, which houses the Departments of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, was named after him on the campus of the Tennessee Technological University.

Publications

• Markers for Stones River National Park. MA George Peabody College for Teachers 1930, 1930
• An abstract of the religious instruction of the slaves in the antebellum South. George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn., 1933
• together with WH Yarbrough: A history of the United States by unit plan. Southwestern Company, Nashville, Tenn., 1939
• together with Herbert French Hancox, William Yarbrough: A history of the United States for High Schools: a modified unit plan. Laidlaw Bros., Chicago, Ill., 1943
• together with G. L Blough, David S. Switzer, Ethel H. Crumpton: Fundamentals of citizenship. Laidlaw Bros., Chicago, Ill., 1952

literature

• George Peabody College for Teachers, George Peabody College for Teachers. Alumni Association: The Peabody Reflector: Volume 12, Issue 7. George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn., 1939, p. 274.
• Wendell Holmes Stephenson: The Journal of Southern History. Volume 11. Southern Historical Association, Baton Rouge, La., 1945, pp. 126, 591.
• Charles Henry Thompson (Ed.): The Journal of Negro Education. Bureau of Educational Research, Howard University, Washington, DC, 1949, p. 16.
• Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women. : Volume 33 (1964-1965). Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1964, p. 269.

Web links

• Clarence Vernon Bruner in the database of Find a Grave (English)