Charles B. Glenn

Charles B. Glenn
Born
Charles Bowles Glenn

(1871-12-01)December 1, 1871
Auburn, Alabama
DiedApril 21, 1967(1967-04-21) (aged 95)
Birmingham, Alabama
EducationAlabama Agricultural and Mechanical College (B.S., 1891; M.S., 1892)
Harvard University (A.B., 1896)
OccupationEducator

Charles Bowles Glenn (December 1, 1871 — April 21, 1967) was an American educator who served as superintendent of the Birmingham, Alabama school district from 1921 to 1942, and was president of the National Education Association from 1937 through 1938.[1] Glenn was one of the earliest proponents and implementors of character education in schools, and he is the namesake of Charles B. Glenn Middle School—formerly Charles B. Glenn Vocational High School—in Birmingham.[2]

  1. ^ Marie Stevens Walker Wood, The Glen-Glenn family of Scotland, Ireland and America, (Atlanta: F.B. Bone and W.I. Bone, 1968), 169; "Safe and Secure", Time, March 8, 1937.
  2. ^ The School Arts Magazine, December 1935, 58-74; The Commentator, vol 3., 1938, 37-40; Birmingham Historical Society, Newsletter Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, February 2008, 3.