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Wendell graduated from Cleghorn High School and the former Iowa State Teachers College. he taught schools in Mediapolis, Vinton, and Waterloo, Iowa, before going to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1939. He was superintendent of the Cincinnati schools from 1959 to February 1967, when he was named executive director of the new Education Commission of the States. The commission was formed by 38 states and three territories and is financed by the Danforth and carnegie foundations to study educational problems. Headquarters were moved in 1967 from Cincinnati to Denver, Colorado. Since his retirement Wendell and Frieda have made their home in Sun City, Arizona.
Rocky Mountain News (CO) - August 6, 1995
Deceased Name: WENDELL H. PIERCE |