Buell G. Gallagher

Rev. Dr.
Buell Gordon Gallagher
President of Talladega College
In office
1933–1943
5th President of City College of New York
In office
1953–1969
Preceded by Harry N. Wright
Succeeded by Robert Marshak

Buell Gordon[1] Gallagher (1904-1978) served as the seventh president of the City College of New York between 1953 and 1969. An ordained Congregational Minister, the Rev. Dr. Gallagher was born in Rankin, Illinois to Elmer and Elma Mryel (Poole) Gallagher. He received his bachelor's degree at Carleton College in 1925, and divinity degree at Union Theological Seminary in 1929, followed by a year of studies at the London School of Economics.

In 1933, at the age of 29 he was appointed president of Talladega College, and authored research papers on the subject of civil rights and race relations in higher education. At the time, he was believed to be the youngest college president in the country.[2] In 1944, he was hired as an instructor of Christian ethics at the Pacific School of Religion, and briefly served as an Assistant Commissioner of Education under President Harry S. Truman.

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References

  1. Van Nort, Sydney C. "The City College of New York" Arcadia Press, 2007 Page 96
  2. "College President at 29" New York Times July 25, 1933


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