Background
Porter, Blaine Robert Milton was born on February 24, 1922 in Morgan, Utah, United States. Son of Brigham Ernest and Edna (Brough) Porter.
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Porter, Blaine Robert Milton was born on February 24, 1922 in Morgan, Utah, United States. Son of Brigham Ernest and Edna (Brough) Porter.
Student, Utah State University, 1941. Bachelor of Science, Brigham Young University, 1947. Master of Arts, Brigham Young University, 1949.
Doctor of Philosophy (Grant Foundation fellow family life education 1951-1952), Cornell University, 1952.
Instructor sociology Iowa State College, 1949-1951. Assistant professor sociology and child development Iowa State University, 1952-1955. Professor, chairman department human development and family relationships Brigham Young University, 1955-1965, dean College Family science, 1966-1980, university professor, 1980-1987.
Visiting professor Fulbright research scholar University London, 1965-1966. Visiting professor University Wurzberg, 1980-1981, 83. Facilitator human relations workshops for the Human Development Institute, Denver, 1988-1998, president, Chief Executive Officer Families for Children International, Inc., 2001^.
(Discussions regarding the importance of the family to ind...)
President elect Iowa Council Family Relations, 1954-1955. President Utah Council Family Relations Council, 1957-1958. Chairman section marriage counseling National Council Family Relations, 1958-1959, board directors, 1957-1960, executive committee, 1958-1972, president, 1963-1964.
Board directors American Family Society, 1975-1985. Pilot United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member American Home Economics Association (vice chairman section family relations and child development 1955-1956), American Sociological Association (secretary section on family 1964-1967), American Association Marriage and Family Therapy, American Psychological Association, Society Research in Child Development, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi (chapter president 1969-1971).
Married Elizabeth Taylor, Sept 27, 1943 (deceased). Children: Claudia Jackson, Roger B., David T., Patricia A. Hintze, Corinna. Married Myrna Katherine Kennedy, February 26, 1988.