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Curtiss, Frank H

educator, college president, was born Oct. 2, 1857, in Coldwater, Mich. In 1879 he graduated from the New York Normal school; and was instructor in the training department of that institution for two years. For two years he was president of the Brunson Military academy, South Carolina; for four years was president of the Aiken institute, South Carolina; and for one year was president of the Thomasville Female college, North Carolina. He has taught in the city schools of Titusville, Pa., and Kansas City, Mo.; and for the past seven years has been superintendent of city schools of Shelby, Tenn.

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