Presents a profile of Dr. Roger Kaufman, the former International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) president. Discusses his education; experiences in business and industry; publications; his Organizational Elements Model (OEM), a management model that provides organizations with a practical framework for planning, assessing needs, and…

Describes how to incorporate scientific biographies or autobiographies into a college level organic chemistry course to increase student learning. Includes 28 references. (YDS)

This paper traces events in the life of George Peabody. Born in Danvers, Massachusetts near Boston, Peabody attended a district school for four years and was apprenticed in a general store at an early age. After four years of apprenticeship, Peabody worked with his brother in a drapery shop, then traveled to the District of Columbia with his uncle…

Biographical writing is highly imaginative writing and always has been. The task of the biographer is to weave a riveting story from the fabric of the subject's life. For example, a single pivotal incident in the lives of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the English poet, and Mary Godwin, author of "Frankenstein", at the grave of Mary's mother,…

The history, commissioned by the college's trustees, is less precisely a biography of Ernest Martin Hopkins than an account of the Hopkins presidency of 1916-1945. However, the biographical element is given considerable attention. Background for the history comes from college publications, trustee records, financial records, office scrapbooks, all…

Provides a biographical sketch of Barbara Jordan and describes her keynote address to the 1976 Democratic Convention in terms of the rhetorical situation and the rhetorical strategies she used. (MH)

A biographical sketch of LeBaron Russell Briggs, "the first officer in the history of American higher education charged with responsibility for student relations as separate and distinct from instruction." He was appointed Dean of Harvard College in 1891. (Author)

Describes a practical freshman composition writing assignment in which students composed career profiles of notable alumni, which were subsequently used by the college career planning and placement office. A sample letter and profile are included. (HTH)

Sketches of four early deans in the student personnel field, Stanley Coulter, Mary Bidwell Breed, Gertrude S. Martin and Herbert E. Hawkes, are presented. (Author)

Examines the personality, educational views, and teaching style of author C. S. Lewis, who lectured at Oxford University. (SJL)

A biographical sketch of John Galen Howard, founder of the Department of Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley, is presented. Howard's conservative outlook and idealistic nature are examined and his influence on the curriculum at the university is traced. (PHR)

A biographical sketch of William Wilson Wurster, dean of the Department of Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley, is presented. Tracing Wurster's early education and work, Wurster's belief that architecture was for people is illustrated. His influence on the curriculum, not only at the University of California but elsewhere, is…

Suggests two exercises in writing a research paper: compare two biographies of one person, and discuss a problem about the truth of an incident in the person's life, citing positive and negative points of view. (TJ)

Recounts why the author became interested in writing about Mina Shaughnessy, an outstanding teacher who was from a working class family. Describes briefly the life and works of Shaughnessy. (PA)

The contributions of Leta Hollingworth (1886-1939) to the psychology and education of the gifted include teaching the first college course devoted exclusively to the gifted; writing the field's first comprehensive text; adding to understanding of educational practices; and maintaining high standards of scholarship. (Author/DB)