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_Rufus CUSHMAN ______|
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_Frank CUSHMAN ___|
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Education:
Boston Public Schools. Graduate of English High School, 1896. Special
Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1896-1898. Special
Student, University of Kansas, 1916-1917.
Trade Experience:
Informal Apprenticeship in the repair shop of the Boston Towboat Company, five summer vacations.
Worked as ship joiners helper two summers.
Computer and Draftsman, Tuttle and Pike Civil Engineers, Kansas
City, Mo. - two summers
Educational Experience:
1898-1901 Assistant Instructor, Machine Shop, M.I.T., Boston, three years
1901-1903 Instructor, Forging and Mechanical Drawing, Manual Training High School, Kansas City, MO
1903-1910 Teacher, Machine Shop and Head of Metal Working Department
1911-1913 Vice Principal, Manual Training High School
1914 Head of Manual Training Department, Northeast High School, Kansas City, MO
1915-1916 Head of Shops at 11th and Locust Streets under two different names; Central High School and Vocational Department, Kansas City Polytechnic Institute.
1917-1918 Head, School of Mechanical Arts, Kansas City Polytechnic Institute.
1918-1920 Appointed Agent for Industrial Education Federal Board for Vocational Education. Office in Kansas City, moved to Denver in 1919. Assigned to Central Regionl.
1921 Worked as Regional Agen, North Atlantic States - Considerable responsibility for First National Training Conference in Minneapolis.
Promoted to Chief, Trade and Industrial Service in 1922.
1938 Made Consultant in Vocational Education
1940-1945 On active duty in Navy, in charge of Civilian Training at
Shore Establishments. Returned to Office of Education in February, 1945.
Retired June 1946.
In 1918, he worked two months as "Bombing Engineer" at Langley
Field, VA performing bombing experiments to gather data for the
calibration of bomb sights.
Author of:
Mathematics and the Machinist's Job 1926
Foremanship and Supervision 1927 and 1938
Training Procedure 1940
For 25 years he played a very active part in the development of conference techniques. He worked closely with the late Charles R. Allen for many years. He has conducted foreman training conferences in every section of the country and taught courses for conference leaders from Maine to Hawaii and from Minnesota to Texas.
Frank Cushman was instrumental in developing techniques and training programs for the officers and men in city and volunteer fire departments.
The training plan for civilian employees of the Navy was worked out over a period of years by Mr. Cushman, assisted by members of his staff. Over 400,000 persons were trained under that program during the period of his active service.