Wallace Buttrick

Wallace Buttrick was a Baptist minister who served as secretary (1903–1917), president (1917–1923), and chairman (1923–1926) of the General Education Board, and as a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation (1917–1926).[1][2] Wallace Buttrick believed that schools, teachers, and institutions were not necessary for education however, for those who were less fortunate this served as the only medium for learning.[3] The academic and administrative building Buttrick Hall at Agnes Scott College is named in Buttrick's honor. He is cited as a friend of the college, the opening of Buttrick Hall was celebrated May 30, 1930.[4]

Buttrick Hall at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA. Completed in 1930 by Bruce and Morgan

General Education Board

Wallace Buttrick, Secretary of the GEB, played a significant role in not only funding the General Board of Education but as well the reason for education.[5]

References
  1. "Buttrick, Wallace, 1853-1926 - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  2. "Wallace Buttrick - The Online Collection and Catalog of Rockefeller Archive Center". dimes.rockarch.org. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  3. Buttrick, Wallace (November 1925). "What is education?". Peabody Journal of Education. 3 (3): 125–129. doi:10.1080/01619562509534698. ISSN 0161-956X.
  4. Perkins, Florence (April 1930). "Laying the Cornerstone of Buttrick Hall". Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly. 8 (3): 18.
  5. "The General Education Board - The Rockefeller Foundation: A Digital History". rockfound.rockarch.org. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
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