Carl W. Ackerman

Carl W. Ackerman
Born(1890-01-16)January 16, 1890
DiedOctober 9, 1970(1970-10-09) (aged 80)
Resting placeHollywood Cemetery
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materEarlham College
OccupationJournalist
Known forPublic Ledger; School of Journalism at Columbia University
Spouse
Mabel VanderHoof
(m. 1914; died 1954)
Children1

Carl William Ackerman (January 16, 1890 in Richmond, Indiana[1] – October 9, 1970 in New York City)[2] was an American journalist, author and educational administrator, the first dean of the Columbia School of Journalism. In 1919, as a correspondent of the Public Ledger of Philadelphia, he published the first excerpts of an English translation of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion but changed the text so that it appeared to be a Bolshevik tract.

In 1931, he was appointed as the director of the journalism department, succeeding John William Cunliffe, and became the first dean of the newly-established graduate School of Journalism program at Columbia University.[3] He was instrumental in developing the school through its first two decades, as he served in that position until 1954.

  1. ^ Myers, William Starr (2000). "Carl William Ackerman, LL. D., D. H. C.". Prominent Families of New Jersey. Vol. 1. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806350363.
  2. ^ Ohles, Frederik; Ohles, Shirley G.; Ohles, Shirley M.; Ramsay, John G. (1997). "Ackerman, Carl W.". Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators. Greenwood Publishing. ISBN 9780313291333.
  3. ^ "Columbia Journalism School | Columbia Journalism School".