Paul Klapper

Paul Klapper (1885–1952) was an American educator. Born in Romania, he came to New York as a child, studied at the College of the City of New York and Columbia, and taught education at City College for many years, becoming dean of its School of Education. In 1937 he was named the first president of Queens College, a new public college in New York City, which he led until 1948. His books include Teaching Children to Read, Principles of Educational Practice and College Teaching (1920), a collection of studies on teaching the various college subjects that he edited with an introduction by Nicholas Murray Butler.