Dr. Arthur Mark has written extensively on art and design curriculum integration, and has edited various academic readings.
WARWICK, RI, August 15, 2019 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Arthur Mark, Ed.D., with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Dr. Mark celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
With more than 35 years of distinction and service in his field, Dr. Mark holds the title of a professor emeritus of teacher education. Initially hoping to enter the performing arts, his career in theater was curtailed upon the loss of his father while he was attending Emerson College. He subsequently enrolled in the University of Massachusetts at Boston, graduating in 1952 with a Bachelor of Science in education, after which his studies brought him to Teachers College Columbia University, from which he earned a Master of Arts in 1956 and his Doctor of Education degree in 1973. Prior to his entry into education, Dr. Mark served his country in the United States Army on active and reserve duty from 1948 to 1954.
From 1953 until 1969, Dr. Mark found success as the director of gifted and talented programs for public school students in grades four through nine in, Greenwich, Connecticut. He was subsequently appointed to the role of a headmaster and the director of the Long Ridge School of Stamford, Connecticut, between 1969 and 1971. In 1971, Dr. Mark excelled as a professor of education at East Stroudsburg University. He was granted emeritus status in 1989.
Dr. Mark is a licensed early childhood and elementary educator, and holds additional endorsements in kindergarten through grade 12 speech and drama, and kindergarten through grade nine administration. He has written extensively on art and design curriculum integration, and has edited various academic readings. He is the founder, the vice president, and a past president of Business and Industry for Arts in Education of New York City, for which he served from 1986 to 2000. Upon his retirement, Dr. Mark returned to his first passion, the theater, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA, Inc.) in 1989 because of the founding of Business and Industry for the Arts in Education (BIFAE, Inc.) which helped teachers and administrators to incorporate the arts into the school curriculum.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Arthur Mark, EdD has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.
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