Wallace Buttrick


Wallace Buttrick was a Baptist minister who served as secretary, president, and chairman of the General Education Board, and as a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation. Wallace Buttrick believed that schools, teachers, and institutions were not necessary for education however, for those who were less fortunate this served as the only medium for learning.

General Education Board

Wallace Buttrick, Secretary of the GEB, played a significant role in not only funding the General Board of Education but as well the reason for education.