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.