Alonzo G. Grace

Dr. Alonzo G. Grace (1896-1971) was an American educator and author. He served as the Director of the Division of Education and Cultural Relations in the U.S. Office of the Military Government, and directed reconstruction of the German education system following World War II.^[1]

Alonzo G. Grace
Born	1896 Morris, Minnesota, US
Died	October 22, 1971 (aged 75) Andover, Connecticut, US
Other names	A.G. Grace
Education	University of Minnesota, B.A. (1917) M.A. (1920) Western Reserve University, P.h.D. (1932) Boston College, D.Sci (1946)
Occupation	Educator
Relatives	Dick Grace (sibling)

He was ahead of his time in several initiatives, advocating longer school days and increased partnership between students and parents. He was also a vocal advocate of lowering the voting age in the U.S. to 18.^[2]

Career

He left his Professorship at the University of Rochester in 1938 to serve as Commissioner of Education for the State of Connecticut. He resigned in 1948 to direct educational reconstruction efforts in Germany. He later served as Chairman of the University of Chicago school of Education and as Associate Dean of New York University's School of Education.^[3] From 1966 – 1970 he was Dean of the School of Education at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.^[4]

Writing

• Problems in Amalgamation,^[5] 1920, University of Minnesota
• Immigration and Community Americanization,^[6] 1921
• Method of apportioning public money in New York,^[7] 1937, University of Rochester Department of Education
• Tomorrow's Citizens,^[8] 1940, Citizens' planning committee for public education in New Orleans
• The Second Hundred Years,^[9] 1943
• Changing Conceptions in Educational Administration, 1946, University of Chicago Press
• Educational lessons from wartime training,^[10] 1948, American Council on Education
• Cultural Exchange Program,^[11] 1949, Office of Military Government
• Basic Elements of Educational Reconstruction in Germany,^[12] 1949, American Council on Education
• Leadership in American education,^[13] 1950, University of Chicago Press
• Measurement of the Educability of Severely Mentally Retarded Children,^[14] 1959, New York University School of Education

(among others)

References

1. Grace, Alonzo G. (1949). Basic elements of educational reconstruction in Germany. [Washington]. hdl:2027/uc1.$b66231.
2. "Alonzo G. Grace, an Educator, 76". The New York Times. 1971-10-23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
3. Measurement of the educability of severely mentally retarded children. [New York]. 1959. hdl:2027/mdp.39015009072425.
4. "Alonzo G. Grace, an Educator, 76". The New York Times. 1971-10-23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
5. "Problems in Amalgamation" (PDF).
6. Grace, Alonzo Gaskell (1921). Immigration and Community Americanization. Acme printing & publishing Company.
7. Grace, Alonzo Gaskell; education, University of Rochester Dept of (1937). Method of apportioning public money in New York.
8. Orleans, New Orleans (La ) Citizens Planning Committee for Public Education in New; Davis, L. S.; Grace, Alonzo Gaskell (1940). Tomorrow's Citizens: A Study and Program for the Improvement of the New Orleans Public Schools : Monograpg I-[VII]. Citizens' planning committee for public education in New Orleans.
9. Grace, Alonzo Gaskell (1943). The Second Hundred Years. 1943.
10. American Council on Education. Commission on Implications of Armed Services Educational Programs; Grace, Alonzo Gaskell (1948). Educational lessons from wartime training, the general report of the commission by Alonzo G. Grace, director, and members of the staff. Washington: American Council on Education.
11. Committee, Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U. S. Zone) Office of Military Government Interdivisional Reorientation; Grace, Alonzo Gaskell (1949). Cultural exchange program.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
12. Grace, Alonzo Gaskell (1949). Basic Elements of Educational Reconstruction in Germany. Commission on the Occupied Areas, American Council on Education.
13. Grace, Alonzo Gaskell; Lawler, Eugene Stallcup; Co-operative Conference for Administrative Officers of Public and Private Schools, Northwestern University-University of Chicago (1950). Leadership in American education / compiled and edited by Alonzo G. Grace; conference directed by Alonzo G. Grace and Eugene S. Lawler. Co-operative Conference for Administrative Officers of Public and Private Schools, Northwestern University - University of Chicago. Proceedings; v.13. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
14. Grace, Alonzo Gaskell (1959). Measurement of the Educability of Severely Mentally Retarded Children. ERIC Clearinghouse.

External links

• G Grace New York Times Archives on A.G. Grace