Harry Samuel Broudy was a Polish-born American professor of the philosophy of education.
10 Facts About Harry Broudy
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Harry Broudy attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a year, but then transferred to Boston University, where he received his bachelor's degree in German literature and philosophy in 1929.
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Harry Broudy worked for a short time at the Massachusetts Department of Education, where he supervised correspondence education.
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Harry Broudy taught philosophy of education and educational psychology at North Adams State Teachers College from 1937 until 1949, then moved to Framingham State Teachers College from 1949 until 1957.
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Harry Broudy moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a professor of the philosophy of education in 1957, where he spent the rest of his career at Illinois.
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Harry Broudy retired from the full time appointment in 1974 and was appointed as a professor emeritus, in which role he stayed active until the early 1990s.
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Harry Broudy thought education would be a link to unify the diverse society and urged the society to put more trust and a commitment to the schools and a good education.
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Harry Broudy was appointed as a laureate of Kappa Delta Pi in 1968.
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Harry Broudy was naturalized as a United States citizen in 1936.
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Harry Broudy died on June 24,1998, in Urbana, Illinois.