Hollis L. Caswell

(1901-1988) lived in Lincoln, Auburn and Syracuse. Educator, author, college president, helped establish curriculum as a field of study in the early 20th century, authored several articles and books, including two standard curriculum textbooks he co-authored in 1935 and 1937, served as president of the prestigious Teachers College of Columbia University from 1954 to 1962, acted as consultant to state education departments and local school systems, opposed efforts to develop a standard national curriculum for public schools and instead argued for more differentiation in teaching methods, served as chairman of editorial advisory board of the World Book Encyclopedia for nearly two decades. Consult Current Biography (1956) 102-104 and New York Times obituary, November 24, 1988, p. D-24 and American National Biography, Vol 4 (1999) 565-566.

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