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(1932-2015) Author. Thomas Sobol was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and died in Scarsdale, New York. He was appointed New York State education commissioner in 1987, a post from which he resigned in 1995.

Full Name

Thomas Sobol

Locations

Westchester

Author's Timeline

Unknown

OTHER

Dr. Sobol taught in Great Neck, New York, on Long Island.

1932

BIRTH

Thomas Sobol was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 11, 1932.

1969

OTHER

Dr. Sobol received his doctorate in 1969 from Teachers College at Columbia University.

1971

OTHER

Dr. Sobol was Scarsdale's school superintendent from 1971 to 1987. He had previously taught in Bedford, New York.

1987

OTHER

Dr. Sobol was appointed New York State education commissioner in 1987.

1987

LITWORK

Your Child in School: Kindergarten Through Second Grade
Arbor House Publishing Company
087795867X / 978-0877958673
Nonfiction written with his wife Harriet Sobol.

2006

OTHER

Dr. Sobol was a professor at Teachers College at Columbia until his retirement in 2006.

2013

LITWORK

My Life in School
New York: Public Schools of Tomorrow
0983470359 / 978-0983470359
Memoir.

2015

DEATH

Thomas Sobol died at his home in Scarsdale, New York, on September 3, 2015.

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