Charles Augustus Baylis

Background

Baylis, Charles Augustus was born on April 2, 1902 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Thomas Farrow and Hermine Antoinette (Weber) Baylis.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Washington, 1923, Master of Arts, 1924. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1926.

Career

Member faculty philosophy department Brown University, 1927-1948, associate professor, 1937-1948. Director New York City Freshman College, Providence, 1935-1937. Secretary Universities Committee on Post-War International Problems, Boston, 1943-1945.

Professor philosophy and department head U. Maryland., 1949-1952.

Professor philosophy Duke, 1952-1970, director graduate studies, 1952-1956, department chairman, 1956-1968.

Achievements

• Charles Augustus Baylis has been listed as a noteworthy educator. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member faculty philosophy department Brown University, 1927-1948, associate professor, 1937-1948. Member summer school faculty U. Washington, 1924, 25, 48, 62, Stanford, 1936, 60, Harvard, 1947, Pacific Philosophy Institute, 1956, 60, 64, San Jose (California) State College, 1964. Sheldon traveling fellowship Harvard, with study in England, France and Germany, 1926-1927.

Member American Philosophical Association (Executive Committee Eastern division 1940, vice president 1954, Chairman of Commission on publication 1961-1964, chairman national board 1965-1967), Association for Symbolic Logic (secretary-treasurer 1936-1942, vice president 1942-1946), Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology (president 1955).

Member editorial board Cornell Publs. in Contemporary Philosophy, 1956-1960.

Connections

Married Ruth Woodruff Weage, August 21, 1925. Children: Thomas Arthur, William Eric.

Father:

Thomas Farrow Baylis

Mother:

Hermine Antoinette (Weber) Baylis

Spouse:

Ruth Woodruff Weage

child:

William Eric Baylis

child:

Thomas Arthur Baylis