John Jacob Theobald, 1904–1985 (aged 80 years)
- Name
- John Jacob /Theobald/
- Given names
- John Jacob
- Surname
- Theobald
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Religion
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Roman Catholic
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1878–1968
Birth: June 27, 1878
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31
— Bodelhausen, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Death: September 1968 — New York, NY |
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1881–1955
Birth: September 13, 1881
— Germany Death: March 3, 1955 — New York, NY |
| Marriage | Marriage — June 30, 1903 — Staten Island, New York |
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1904–1985
Birth: September 18, 1904
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— New York Death: September 6, 1985 — Sands Point, Long Island, New York |
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1909–1993
Birth: January 5, 1909
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— New York Death: September 18, 1993 — Palm Beach, Florida |
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1904–1985
Birth: September 18, 1904
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— New York Death: September 6, 1985 — Sands Point, Long Island, New York |
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| wife |
1902–1999
Birth: January 19, 1902
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— New York Death: 1999 — Sands Point, Long Island, New York |
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From the New York Times: At the time of his death, Dr. Theobald was dean of graduate studies at the New York Institute of Technology, in Old Westbury, L.I. He had been associated with the institute since 1966, first as executive vice president and, since 1974, as dean. Dr. Theobald, a native New Yorker, was probably best known for his tenure from 1958 to 1963 as head of the nation's largest municipal school system. As Superintendent, a post now called Chancellor, he oversaw a vast and complex administration with annual budgets greater than some states and a student body in excess of one million pupils. Dr. Theobald was named Superintendent while he was Deputy Mayor. Mayor Wagner, an old friend, had chosen him for the largely administrative post at City Hall in 1955. ... After attending Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, Dr. Theobald entered Columbia University, where he was awarded five degrees. He received a bachelor of arts degree in 1925. A year later, he was awarded a bachelor of science degree. In 1928, the same year he married Mary Murphy, a fellow student at Columbia, he graduated from the university's school of engineering with a degree in civil engineering. He followed this with a doctor of philosophy degree in political science in 1935. Dr. Theobald began his teaching career in 1926 as an instructor in mathematics at City College of New York. He later switched to the college's department of engineering. By 1949, he was a full professor at City College and had served for three years as its dean of administration. That same year, Dr. Theobald was named president of Queens College. His love of foot-racing led him to take on the additional duties of track coach. In 1954, he demoted himself to assistant track coach when a suitable replacement as head coach was found. The next year, Dr. Theobald accepted an offer from Mayor Wagner to come to City Hall as his Deputy Mayor. The educator took a leave of absence from the Queens College presidency and did not formally resign until he was named Superintendent of Schools. source: DR. JOHN J. THEOBALD, EX-SCHOOLS HEAD, DIES AT 80: [Obituary] |
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John Jacob Theobald, his cousin, Carl Dierking Theobald, and Carl's future brother-in-law. Louis W. H. Heynen, were all members of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity during their overlapping years as students at Columbia. They were also student athletes at the same time, Heynen and Carl on the crew team, Carl on the water polo team (and captain one year), and John on the track team (and captain one year). Both Carl and John remained at Columbia to take graduate degrees in engineering, Carl in 1927 and John in 1928. |