Wallace Buttrick

Wallace Buttrick (October 23, 1853 – May 28, 1926) was an American 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, Georgia. Completed in 1930 by Bruce and Morgan

Buttrick was born in Potsdam, New York on October 23, 1853. He died in Baltimore, Maryland on May 28, 1926 at the age of 72.^[5]

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.^[6]

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. "Baptist Leader Is Dead At Baltimore". Daily Press. 29 May 1926. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
6. "The General Education Board - The Rockefeller Foundation: A Digital History". rockfound.rockarch.org. Retrieved 2019-11-04.