Leonard Porter Ayres
Leonard Porter Ayres | |
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| Born | September 15, 1879 Niantic, Connecticut[1] |
| Died | October 29, 1946 (aged 67) Cleveland, Ohio[1] |
| Place of burial | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/ |  United States Army |
| Rank |  Brigadier General |
| Commands | Chief of Statistics Service |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Medal |
Leonard Porter Ayres (September 15, 1879 – October 29, 1946) was an American educator, soldier, and statistician. He also held the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Army.
Biography
Ayres was born at Niantic, Conn. He received his college and graduate training at Boston, Harvard, and Columbia universities.
He began teaching in 1902 as one of the first to carry American ideas and methods to Puerto Rico. There he was appointed superintendent of schools in the districts of Caguas and San Juan, and later general superintendent of all the public schools on the island.
Returning to live in the United States, Ayres was made head of the division of statistics in the Playground Association of America. Beginning in 1908, he was prominently identified with the work of the Russell Sage Foundation, especially as chairman of the committee in charge of the Backward Children Investigation. In 1908-09 Ayres lectured on education at New York University. On behalf of the American Statistical Association in 1915 Ayres became secretary of the Joint Committee on Standards for Graphic Presentation, which was chaired by Willard C. Brinton.[2]
Ayres apparently tallied a count of the U.S. Army battle deaths for World War I during which, or shortly afterward, he served as a major. Ayres was recalled to active duty in 1940 with the rank of brigadier general. He retired in 1942 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.
Works
His writings on educational subjects, besides reports and contributions to periodicals, are:
- A Course of Study for the Schools of San Juan (1905)
- Medical Inspection of Schools, with Luther H. Gulick (1908)
- Laggards in our Schools (1909, 1913)
- Open Air Schools (1910)
- Seven Great Foundations (1911)
- Health Work in the Public Schools, with May Ayres (1915)
- A Measuring Scale for Ability in Spelling (1915, republished by Mott Media, Milford, Michigan 1985)
Many of his articles in educational journals have been reprinted, among them, The Effect of Promotion Rate on School Efficiency (1913).
References
- ^ a b c "Ayres, Leonard Porter". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ American Statistical Association. "Joint committee on standards for graphic presentation." Publications of ASA 14 (1916): p. 790-791.
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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External links
- Works by Leonard Porter Ayres at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Leonard Porter Ayres at the Internet Archive
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- Harvard University alumni
- Columbia University alumni
- Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
- Presidents of the American Statistical Association
- Fellows of the American Statistical Association
- American statisticians
- Boston University alumni