Andrew Jackson Wann

Background

Wann, Andrew Jackson was born on October 2, 1919 in Humansville, Missouri, United States. Son of Homer Bell and Dora (George) Wann.

Education

Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Drury College, 1940; postgraduate, Johns Hopkins University, 1941-1942; Doctor of Philosophy, University Missouri, 1961.

Career

News commentator, radio stations KWTO, Springfield, Missouri, 1939-1941; instructor, College William and Mary, 1946-1948; instructor, U. Missouri, 1948-1951; director inter-university program government and labor, University of Wisconsin, 1951-1952; assistant professor, then associate professor, University of Illinois, 1952-1964; professor, director labor education and research, Ohio State University, 1964-1968; professor, department political science, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1968-1985; professor emeritus, U. Utah, since 1985; department chairman, U. Utah, 1968-1974. Lecturer South Africa and S.W. Africa, State Department, 1959-1960. Lecturer 9 African countries for United States Information Agency and Department State, 1984.

Special Investigator Germany and France, Committee Foreign Affairs United States House of Representatives, 1947-1948. Laborarbitrator American Arbitration Association, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, since 1965. Managing editor Western Political Quarterly, 1980-1983.

Achievements

• Andrew Jackson Wann has been listed as a noteworthy Political science educator, arbitrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The President as chief administrator : a study of Franklin D. Roosevelt,
  • President As Chief Administrator: A Study of Frankiln D. Roosevelt
  • The President as Chief Administrator, A Study of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Membership

Board of directors Ohio Council Economics Education, 1965-1968, Utah Society Public Administration, 1970-1972. Served to captain Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Political Science Association, Western Political Science Association (executive council 1971-1974, secretary-treasurer 1980-1986), International Political Science Association, Industrial Relations Research Association, American Society Public Administration, American Association of University Professors (member Executive Board Utah chapter 1976-1978, 80-85), Aztec Club (president 1980-1981), Pi Alpha Alpha, Pi Gamma Mu, Sigma Tau Delta, Kappa Alpha.

Connections

Married Anneliese Scheidacher, June 18, 1948. Children: Lotti Ann, Kristin Kay.

Father:

Homer Bell Wann

Mother:

Dora (George) Wann

Spouse:

Anneliese Scheidacher

child:

Lotti Ann Wann

child:

Kristin Kay Wann