Burchard Woodson DeBusk
Burchard Woodson DeBusk | |
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Born | |
Died | July 29, 1936 Eugene, Oregon, US | (aged 58)
Alma mater | Clark University |
Occupation | Professor of Education |
Years active | 1905 – 1936 |
Employer | University of Oregon |
Organization | School of Education |
Spouse | Sara Matella Druley |
Burchard Woodson DeBusk (October 23, 1877 – July 29, 1936)[1] was a professor of education at the University of Oregon, United States.
Early life and education
[edit]DeBusk was born in 1877 in Shelbyville, Indiana. He attended Central Normal College in Danville, Indiana, in the 1890s. While at Danville, DeBusk taught students at rural Indiana schools.[2] He received a bachelor of arts degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1904, and he was awarded a Ph.D. in education from Clark University in 1915.[3]
DeBusk married Sara Matella Druley, a classmate at Indiana University, in 1905.[2]
Career
[edit]In 1904 DeBusk became a psychology instructor at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, and in 1910 he was appointed associate professor of psychology at Colorado State Teachers College.[3]
DeBusk joined the faculty at the University of Oregon College of Education in 1915, a job he kept until his death in 1936. He quickly became a noted expert in educational psychology and school hygiene. While at Oregon, DeBusk traveled and lectured frequently, serving as a consultant to school districts and even to the juvenile court in Portland, Oregon.[4] In the 1920s, DeBusk headed the department of research at Portland Public Schools.[2]
DeBusk died soon after suffering a myocardial infarction in July 1936.[5] The Clinic for Exceptional Children, a center for remedial testing and evaluation at the College of Education, was renamed DeBusk Memorial Clinic for Exceptional Children.
Publications
[edit]- The persistence of language errors among school children (UO Press, 1930)
- with Grace Fernald and Lillian Rayner, Clinical Nuggets (UO Press, 1930)
- with R. W. Leighton, A study of pupil achievement and attendant problems (UO Press, 1931)
References
[edit]- ^ Oregon State Board of Higher Education
- ^ a b c Sheldon, Henry Davidson (1936), "Burchard Woodson DeBusk: A Biographical Sketch with Special Reference to His Public Activities in Oregon from 1915 to 1924", DeBusk Memorial Essays, Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon
- ^ a b "Dr. DeBusk, Nationally Famous Educator, Dies". Register Guard. Eugene, Oregon: Alton F. Baker. July 30, 1936. p. 1. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
- ^ Thacher, George A. (July 1917). "Feeble-Mindedness and Crime in Oregon". The Journal of Delinquency. II (4). Whittier, California: Whittier State School: 211. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
- ^ De Busk Memorial Essays
External links
[edit]- University of Oregon College of Education history
- Indiana University Archives, 1904 Arbutus yearbook Sigma Nu photograph, DeBusk is second from left, back row