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Bond, J. Max, Sr.

(born: 1902  -  died: 1991) 

J. Max Bond, Sr. was born in Nashville, TN. His family, who had previously lived in Kentucky, moved back, and Bond attended Lincoln Institute. He later attended what is now Roosevelt University in Chicago, then earned his sociology master's degree at the University of Pittsburgh and his Ph.D in sociology at the University of Southern California. Bond was president of the University of Liberia, 1950-1954 [Liberia, Africa]. He was also dean of the School of Education at Tuskegee University as well as a U.S. representative of the Inter-American Educational Foundation at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Bond wrote A Survey of Tunisian Education and The Negro in Los Angeles. J. Max Bond, Sr. was the son of James M. Bond, the husband of Ruth E. Clement Bond, and the father of J. Max Bond, Jr. For more see The Bonds, by R. M. Williams; Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines, vol. 17, Sept. 1990-Aug. 1992; and "J. Max Bond, Sr., Educator, Aid Official," The Seattle Times, 12/18/1991, Deaths, Funerals section, p. E8. Additional information can also be found on the webpage and within the J. Max Bond, Sr. and Ruth E. Clement Bond Papers, 1912-2004 at Columbia University Library in New York.

References

Cited in this Entry

NKAA Entry: Lincoln Institute (Lincoln Ridge, KY)
NKAA Entry: Bond, James Max, Jr.
NKAA Source: A Survey of Tunisian education
NKAA Source: The Negro in Los Angeles
NKAA Source: The Bonds
NKAA Source: Biography index; a cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines (periodical)
NKAA Source: Seattle times (newspaper)

Related Entries Citing this Entry

NKAA Entry:  Bond, James M.
NKAA Entry:  Bond, James Max, Jr.
NKAA Entry:  Bond, Ruth E. Clement

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