Article: Jesse Buttrick Davis (1871-1955): pioneer of vocational guidance in the schools.

 
  Jesse Buttrick Davis is considered to be the 1st school counselor in 
  the United States because he was the 1st to implement a systematic 
  guidance program in the schools. Through his work in the Michigan 
  public schools, he became an important leader in the development of 
  vocational guidance in the late 1800s and early 1900s. His pioneering 
  work in the Detroit and Grand Rapids public schools laid the 
  foundation for the counseling specialties of career counseling and 
  school counseling. He was also 1 of the founders of the National 
  Vocational Guidance Association (now National Career Development 
  Association) and National Association of Secondary School 
  ...

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