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He attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, graduated from Yale College in 1924, then earned his PhD in physics and mathematics at Caltech in 1928 under Professor Harry Bateman.
In 1905 he moved to Chicago to become the principal of Morgan Park High School, and in 1907 became principal of the progressive and controversial University of Chicago High School, part of the school system created by John Dewey, and now known as the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.
Bell graduated from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and attended the University of Pennsylvania before dropping out to pursue a career in comedy.