Dates

• Existence: 1886 - 1965

Biographical History

Jay Bryan Nash (1886-1965) was an American author, lecturer, and educator.

Jay Bryan Nash (1886-1965) was born October 17, 1886, in Ohio. He graduated from Oberlin College, then moved to Oakland, California where he was the athletic director at Fremont High School in 1911. He was appointed assistant superintendent of recreation for the city of Oakland and became superintendent and supervisor of physical education for the Oakland Public Schools in 1916. There he founded what is believed to be the first municipal adult recreation program in the nation. Nash left Oakland in 1926 to become a professor of education at New York University, and was head of its Department of Physical Education, Health, and Recreation from 1930 until his retirement in 1953. He then moved to Brigham Young University in Utah to serve as dean of the College of Recreation. Nash died in 1965 in New York.

Citation:

Localwiki, via www, August 12, 2022 (Jay Bryan Nash born October 17, 1886 in Ohio. He married Gladys Ovida Caldwell and they had a daughter. Athletic director of Fremont High School)

The administration of physical education with special reference to public schools by J.B. Nash, p. iii, via www, August 12, 2022 (Professor of Education, New York University)

Familysearch, August 12, 2022 (Graduated from Oberlin College, then moved to Oakland, California; appointed assistant superintendent of recreation for the city of Oakland and became superintendent and supervisor of physical education for the Oakland Public Schools in 1916; Founded what is believed to be the first municipal adult recreation program in the nation; left Oakland in 1926 to become a professor of education at New York University, and was head of its Department of Physical Education, Health, and Recreation from 1930 until his retirement in 1953; then moved to Brigham Young University in Utah to serve as dean off the College of Recreation; died in 1965 in New York)

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