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Acting Commissioner of Education Rall I. Grigsby has been carrying on these duties since the resignation of John W. Studebaker in July 1948. Born in Buffalo, N. Y., Dr. McGrath graduated from the Buffalo Technical High School in 1920. He received his B. A. degree in 1928 and his M. A. in 1930, both from the University of Buffalo. In 1936, he received his Ph. D. degree from the University of Chicago. The degree of Doctor of Humane Letters was conferred on him by Coe College, Iowa, in 1946. War Service During the last war, Dr. McGrath had the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the U. S. Navy and was Officer in Charge, Educational Services Section, Bureau of Naval Personnel. Enrollment in the educational programs for Navy men, which Dr. McGrath formulated and supervised, reached some 300,000. Through courses primarily in elementary, secondary, and vocational subjects, many young service men and women were enabled to complete high school and receive their diplomas. In the fall of 1946, Dr. McGrath was a Volume 31, Number 6 member of a 10-man Mission to Germany to survey the school system in the Americanoccupied zone. The report prepared by this Mission formed the basis for American policy in German schools throughout the American zone. Since College Graduation With a history of outstanding achievements in the field of education, Dr. McGrath leaves a position as Professor of Education at the University of Chicago to become U. S. Commissioner of Education. Since finishing college he has held positions as Dean of Administration, Lecturer in Psychology, and Professor of Education, University of Buffalo, 1930-33, 1935-38, 1940-45; Specialist in Higher Education, American Council on Education, 1938-40; Lecturer, University of Minnesota, 194041; Assistant Chief, Division of Training and Employment, War Manpower Commission, 1942; Dean of College of Liberal Arts, University of Iowa, 1945-48. In addition to his membership on the Mission to Germany, Dr. McGrath has had a number of other special professional appointments. He is a member of the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education. Under special appointments, he has also served as Member of Staff, Regents' Inquiry Into Character and Cost of Education in New York State; Member, Commission to Survey Education in the State of Utah; Executive Secretary, Survey of Louisiana State University; Consultant to the Teacher Education Commission; Member of Commission to Survey University of Illinois; and Member of President Truman's Commission on Higher Education. On President's Commission As a member of the President's Commission on Higher Education, Dr. McGrath was particularly concerned with the need for extending education at all levels to the underprivileged and minority groups. Among a number of colleges which he serves as consultant are Prairie View State College, Prairie View, Texas, and Bennett College, Greensboro, N. C. He has been a member of the National Education Association for many years and since 1946 has served on the Executive Committee of the Department of Higher Education. Other learned societies of which he is a member include: Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Chi, Delta Sigma Pi, and Delta Phi Alpha. Dr. McGrath is Editor of the Journal of General Education. He is the author of a number of books on education, including: Toward General Education; Science in General Education, and Social Science in General Education. Dr. McGrath is a resident of Iowa and a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is married to Dorothy Leemon who for 10 years edited the publications of the American Council on Education. |