J. Max Bond Sr. (1902–1991) was an

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educator who was President of the

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during the 1950s. Bond was born in

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, the son of a Congregational minister named James Bond and Jane Alice Bond (née Brown). He attended Roosevelt College in Chicago, the

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, and the

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. He was married to

Ruth Clement Bond Ruth Clement Bond (May 22, 1904 – October 24, 2005) was an African-American educator, civic leader and artist. As an educator, Bond taught at universities in Haiti, Liberia and Malawi. She headed the African-American Women's Association and in ...

(née Ruth E. Clement), and their collected papers are held at Columbia University's

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. Bond had three children, Jane Emma Bond, J. Max Bond Jr. and George Clement Bond. Son J. Max Bond Jr. was a notable architect, and son George Clement Bond was the William F. Russell Professor of Anthropology and Education at

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. Bond's brother was

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Horace Mann Bond Horace Mann Bond (November 8, 1904 – December 21, 1972) was an American historian, college administrator, social science researcher and the father of civil-rights leader Julian Bond. He earned graduate and doctoral degrees from Universit ...

and his nephew was the

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leader

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Career

Bond was Dean of

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from 1938 to 1940, and an Administrator at the

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from 1940 to 1944. He then ran the Inter-American Educational Foundation from 1944 to 1947, and the School of Education at

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before becoming President of the

, a post he held from 1950 to 1954.

External links

New York Times obituary

J. Max and Ruth Clement Bond Papers
at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bond, J. Max Sr. 1902 births 1991 deaths Presidents of the University of Liberia Educators from Nashville, Tennessee University of Pittsburgh alumni Roosevelt University alumni University of Southern California alumni Dillard University faculty Tuskegee University faculty Clark Atlanta University faculty American expatriates in Liberia