Charles Gordon Dobbins

Background

Dobbins, Charles Gordon was born on August 15, 1908 in Greensboro, Alabama, United States. Son of John Gordon and Mantie Edgar (Wolf) Dobbins.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Samford U., 1929; Master of Arts, Columbia, 1931; postgraduate, University of Wisconsin, 1931-1933; Doctor of Humane Letters, Judson College, 1967; Doctor of Letters, Jamestown College, 1971; Doctor of Laws, College St. Francis, 1973.

Career

Reporter, Birmingham Age-Herald, 1929; instructor English, University of Wisconsin, 1931-1934; director, Federal Emergency Relief Administration Transient Camp, Fort McClellan, Alabama, 1935; district director, National Youth Administration, Gadsden, Alabama, 1936; assistant Professor of English, assistant to president, Alabama College, 1936-1939; editor, public, Anniston (Alabama) Times, 1939-1942; editor, Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser, 1946-1947; editor, public, Montgomery Examiner, 1947-1955; staff associate, American Council on Education, 1956-1962; director commission on federal relations, American Council on Education, 1962-1963; executive secretary, American Council on Education, 1963-1973; director academic administration internship program, American Council on Education, 1967-1973. Consultant Academy Education Development, 1974-1975, American Council on Education, 1975-1977, Office Secretary Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1976-1977.

Achievements

• Charles Gordon Dobbins has been listed as a noteworthy educator, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Higher Education and the Federal Government : Programs and Problems
  • The University, the City, and Urban Renewal (American Council on Education)
  • American Council on Education; programs and services, 1958-1975

Membership

President Alabama Press Association, 1942. Vice president, executive director National Home Library Foundation, 1978-1988. Director OPS, Alabama, 1951-1953.

Member National Planning Association (Committee of South), 1946-1955, Alabama Board Education, 1951-1959. Board visitors Eckerd College, 1968-1972. Trustee Judson College, 1942-1958, Alderson Broaddus College, 1975-1981.

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member Omicron Delta Kappa, Sigma Delta Chi, Sigma Nu. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).

Connections

1 child, Peter Young.

Father:

John Gordon Dobbins

Mother:

Mantie Edgar (Wolf) Dobbins

child:

Peter Young Dobbins