1976, April 30th: The New York Times Obituary - Price M. Chenault, State Educator, 75
Price M. Chenault, who retired in 1970 as director of education for the New York State Department of Education, died Saturday in Decatur, Ala., where he lived. He was 75 years old. Mr. Chenault was educated at the University of Alabama and at Columbia University. He taught at the New School here as director of teacher training and at Russell Sage College in Troy, N. Y., and lectured at New York University, the University of Maryland, the State University of New York at Albany, and the University of Alabama. For 20 years he directed the Frederick A. Moran Memorial Institute on Delinquency and Crime at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N. Y.
He was with the State Correction Department for 32 years, 25 years as director of the education department. He headed the state's task force on physical facilities for the mentally retarded. He leaves his wife, the former Elizabeth Pruitt; two sons, Dr. Price Chenault and Dr. David Chenault; two daughters, Betty Ann Leidal and Mary Jane Miles; four sisters, two brothers and four grandchildren.
Price M. Chenault, who retired in 1970 as director of education for the New York State Department of Education, died Saturday in Decatur, Ala., where he lived. He was 75 years old. Mr. Chenault was educated at the University of Alabama and at Columbia University. He taught at the New School here as director of teacher training and at Russell Sage College in Troy, N. Y., and lectured at New York University, the University of Maryland, the State University of New York at Albany, and the University of Alabama. For 20 years he directed the Frederick A. Moran Memorial Institute on Delinquency and Crime at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N. Y.
He was with the State Correction Department for 32 years, 25 years as director of the education department. He headed the state's task force on physical facilities for the mentally retarded. He leaves his wife, the former Elizabeth Pruitt; two sons, Dr. Price Chenault and Dr. David Chenault; two daughters, Betty Ann Leidal and Mary Jane Miles; four sisters, two brothers and four grandchildren.
1976, April 30th: The New York Times Obituary - Price M. Chenault, State Educator, 75
Price M. Chenault, who retired in 1970 as director of education for the New York State Department of Education, died Saturday in Decatur, Ala., where he lived. He was 75 years old. Mr. Chenault was educated at the University of Alabama and at Columbia University. He taught at the New School here as director of teacher training and at Russell Sage College in Troy, N. Y., and lectured at New York University, the University of Maryland, the State University of New York at Albany, and the University of Alabama. For 20 years he directed the Frederick A. Moran Memorial Institute on Delinquency and Crime at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N. Y.
He was with the State Correction Department for 32 years, 25 years as director of the education department. He headed the state's task force on physical facilities for the mentally retarded. He leaves his wife, the former Elizabeth Pruitt; two sons, Dr. Price Chenault and Dr. David Chenault; two daughters, Betty Ann Leidal and Mary Jane Miles; four sisters, two brothers and four grandchildren.
Price M. Chenault, who retired in 1970 as director of education for the New York State Department of Education, died Saturday in Decatur, Ala., where he lived. He was 75 years old. Mr. Chenault was educated at the University of Alabama and at Columbia University. He taught at the New School here as director of teacher training and at Russell Sage College in Troy, N. Y., and lectured at New York University, the University of Maryland, the State University of New York at Albany, and the University of Alabama. For 20 years he directed the Frederick A. Moran Memorial Institute on Delinquency and Crime at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N. Y.
He was with the State Correction Department for 32 years, 25 years as director of the education department. He headed the state's task force on physical facilities for the mentally retarded. He leaves his wife, the former Elizabeth Pruitt; two sons, Dr. Price Chenault and Dr. David Chenault; two daughters, Betty Ann Leidal and Mary Jane Miles; four sisters, two brothers and four grandchildren.
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