Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Keppel, Mark 
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Source: California and Californians, Vol. IV, Published 1932, Page 65
Author: The Lewis Publishing Company

     MARK KEPPEL, whose death June 16 1928 closed a consecutive service
of twenty-five and one-half years as superintendent of the Los Angeles County 
schools, exemplified one characteristic which is perhaps indispensable in the 
makeup of a great educator — optimism.

     He was responsible, more than any other person for the fact that the 
California public schools ranked high amongst the systems of the nation, as he 
has been responsible also for more far-reaching legislation than has any 
person in California. He is known the nation over for his knowledge of the 
problems of school finance and for his championship of the cause of childhood. 
His work as president of the California Teachers Association and California 
Council of Education is spoken of everywhere with admiration and approval.

     If we were asked to indicate the one element in Mark Keppel's character 
that stood out above all others it would be his insistence upon the truth. Two 
other elements in his character stand out predominantly. He was determined, 
and he was gentle. Withal he was a religious man. His home life was beautiful 
and a model that others might well follow.

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