death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date article_title education birth_name occupation
21 april 1967 birmingham , alabama auburn , alabama charles b. glenn 1 december 1871 charles b. glenn
 alabama ; m.s. , 1892 -rrb- harvard university -lrb- a.b. , agricultural 1896 -rrb- and mechanical college -lrb- b.s. , 1891 charles bowles glenn educator
charles b. glenn

charles bowles glenn -lrb- december 1 , 1871 -- april 21 , 1967 -rrb- was an american educator who served as superintendent of the birmingham , alabama school district from 1921 to 1942 , and was president of the national education association from 1937 through 1938 .
glenn was one of the earliest proponents and implementors of character education in schools , and he is the namesake of charles b. glenn middle school -- formerly charles b. glenn vocational high school -- in birmingham .
