James O. Ansel
April 30, 1999
James O. Ansel, professor emeritus of teacher education and
former director of rural life and education, died April 24 in
Kalamazoo. He was 89.
Before joining the WMU faculty in 1949, he served as a counselor
at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, a teacher and principal at Zilwaukee
Township School in Saginaw County, a research assistant in rural
school administration at Columbia University and senior lecturer
in rural life and education at the University of London.
A native of Somerset, Ohio, Ansel received his bachelor's
degree in 1935 from WMU, a master's degree in 1939 from Northwestern
University and a doctoral degree in education in 1949 from the
Teacher's College at Columbia University.
Ansel was a member of many professional organizations and
published numerous articles. He served on the advisory board
of Rural Youth USA in 1959 and 1960. In 1964, he was invited
to address delegates at the National Conference of the Department
of Rural Education in Washington.
He retired from the University in 1974.
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