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JESSE FONDA MILLSPAUGH

 

 

MILLSPAUGH, JESSE FONDA, President of the State Normal School, Los Angeles, California, was born Jun, 1855, at Battle Creek, Michigan, son of Jacob and Mary Ann (Decker) Millspaugh.  He married Mary Clark Parsons August, 1886 at Salt Lake City.  There are two children, Winnefred and Helen.

            He has his B. A. and M. A. from the University of Michigan.  Was for two years principal of the Frankfort (Indiana) High School.  Studied medicine, and in 1883 obtained his M. D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

            Was principal of the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute and later its superintendent.  In 1890 he was appointed superintendent of schools of Salt Lake City, whose public school system he, as its first superintendent, organized and developed.  In 1899 he accepted the presidency of Winona (Minnesota) State Norma School, and in 1904, that of California State Normal School, at Los Angeles.

            He is a member of the University club, the Delta Upsilon, and Phi Beta Kappa, of the State Board of Education, the National Council of Education and the National Educational Association, and is the author of numerous papers and the addresses on educational subjects.

           

 

Transcribed By:   Michele Y. Larsen on 2 December 2011.

Source: Press Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I,  Page 870, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.  1913.

© 2011 Michele Y. Larsen.

 

 

 

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