Glenn Frank

Glenn Frank was a president of the University of WisconsinMadison and The Century Magazine s editorinchief. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1912 and became Edward Filenes personal assistant, where he wrote two books on the side. He joined The Century Magazine as an associate editor and became its editorinchief in three years, which gave his views on education a wide audience. He was tapped to the University of Wisconsins presidency in 1925, where he introduced the Experimental College before being ousted in 1937. Frank became involved in Wisconsin politics and ran for the states United States Senate seat, but died with his son in a car accident two days before the Republican Party primary.

Glenn Frank was born on October 1, 1887 in Queen City, Missouri. He joined the Methodist Church when he was 10, and became an evangelical when 12. Passionate for oratory and religion, Frank became a circuit rider and traveled with Billy Sunday for one summer in Iowa as a teenager. He talked his way into classes at Northwestern University in 1909 despite a lack of formal education, though he previously attended Kirksville State Teachers College in Kirksville, Missouri. In college, Frank joined the yearbook and literary magazine , acted and debated, and won two oratory contests. He gave speeches in the Evanston area to fund his education, and toured as a Chautauqua teacher in the summers. Walter Dill Scott called him the most brilliant undergraduate mind he had met. Frank earned his bachelors at Northwestern in 1912 and won senior superlatives for contribution to school community and good looks.

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