This Day in History: 1965-07-05
Louis Urban, President of the Board of Education, announced that Dr. George B. McClellan had resigned his post. On September 1st he was to take up his new duties as Superintendent in Hackensack. McClellan had come to Mahwah in March of 1958 at the time of Roy S. Austin’s resignation. He had been the Superintendent in Ridgefield since 1948. He had started his educational career in Pennsauken where he was a mathematics teacher and assistant principal. He moved to Ridgewood where he was Department Chairman at George Washington Junior High and then Assistant Principal of Willard School. His next position was as Supervising Principal in HoHoKus. From there he went to Ridgefield. He had been educated at Pennsylvania State College, Temple, and Teachers’ College of Columbia University. Urban called a special meeting of the Board on Monday, July 12th to begin the search for a new superintendent. (Bristow)