Thomas Blanchard Stowell
Thomas Blanchard Stowell (1846–1927) was an American
Stowell was born on March 29, 1846, in
After graduating from college in 1865, he became principal of the Addison Academy in
In 1869 Stowell became the Chair of Natural Sciences at the new (founded 1868) Cortland State Normal School in Cortland, New York, now known as the State University of New York at Cortland. After having just held four jobs in four years, he stayed at Cortland for 20 years.
Stowell left Cortland in 1889 to become the principal of the Potsdam Normal School in
In 1909 Stowell left Potsdam to become the founding chair of the new Department of Education in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Southern California (USC). In 1918 USC established its School of Education, and Stowell became the founding dean of the school.
In addition to his administrative roles, Stowell was also an accomplished scientist. His work included the fields of
Thomas Blanchard Stowell retired in 1919 after a career of 54 years in education. The University of Southern California named the Thomas Blanchard Stowell Hall of Education and Stowell Research Library in his honor. In 1963
References
- "New Science Building Honors Thomas Blanchard Stowell" Watertown (NY) Times 1964-01-23.
- Who's Who in the Pacific Southwest Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Print. & Binding House, 1913, p. 356.
- "Honoring the Past, Inventing the Future: USC Celebrates its 125th Anniversary; Rossier School its 110th" UrbanEd: The Magazine of the USC Rossier School of Education Spring/Summer 2005. pp. 40–42.
- Haines, D.E. The contributors to volume 1 (1891) of The Journal of Comparative Neurology: C.L. Herrick, C.H. Turner, H.R. Pemberton, B.G. Wilder, F.W. Langdon, C.J. Herrick, C. von Kupffer, O.S. Strong, T.B. Stowell." The Journal of Comparative Neurology 314:9-33, 1991.
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